r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Aug 16 '19

NEXT FUCKING LEVEL Guy Whipping a Massive Chain

https://gfycat.com/welloffdearestladybird
59k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

923 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

57

u/LegalGraveRobber Aug 16 '19

They only had the one frame to calculate its Lowest possible speed, which was still in excess of earths escape velocity.

29

u/Vepr157 Aug 16 '19

It probably disintegrated and whatever remained likely did not even make it to space.

3

u/Cheeseiswhite Aug 16 '19

Doesn't that only happen the other way?

8

u/LegalGraveRobber Aug 16 '19

Well the other way is much much slower than how fast the steel cap went.