How Fast Can Humans Go

Humans have a need for speed, and since the invention of the wheel, we have been obsessed with going faster and faster! Check out today's epic video that looks back at how humans got faster through technological advancements and what our current top speed actually is!

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[dcptiv]

speed itself is not the problem. Its how you get to a speed, how protected you are from the outside, how you turn at speed & how you stop that really effects our squishy body.

[erictaylor]

12:30 Carl Sagan went on the Johnny Carson show in 1977 to talk about his new book and the launch of the Voyage probes. As it happened John Denver was guest hosting at the time, and as you may know, Denver was a huge space enthusiast. He mentioned the record and "complained" that they had not included any of his songs.
Carl just said, "Well, we wanted to include only the best."

[indridcold]

This is how fast a tiny few people went while operating machines. The average top health person can probably go 20 kilometres per hour. The average person today, unfortunately, can barely accomplish a sickly wobble. I refuse to ever allow myself to decompose into what most people blissfully allow themselves to have become.

[gabedarrett]

The world record for fastest human powered bicycle is 89 mph (143 km/h)

[Bill_W_Cipher]

If you count particle accelerators, we have achieved speeds of of the speed of light.

Btw, I gave this video the 600th like. :)

[marcusmerchant]

Humans are already traveling at least 30 kilometers meters per second while "riding" on the earth revolving around the sun. Not to mention the speed of the solar system, the galaxy and so on.

[bmycoinl]

You can only go fast if you have FAMLY

[Figbar]

Hi infographic shows👋 I love the videos you make

[swagnilla_ice]

I think the man-hole cover got wiped out at that speed... it's shape would have caused it to be heated up and disintegrated!

[TeRraAwTisM]

As an Accousticlly slow man i see this as an absoulete win

[oracleofdelphi]

some alien life somewhere is going to see the manhole cover and call it the OMFG particle.

[anaryllis]

I have always liked the thought that the manhole cover will end up in the front windshield of E.t.'s ship a million years from now.

[freesk]

186, 000 Miles per Second: it's not just a good idea, it's the law! :)

[brandonlm]

As a semi-pro race car driver and an amateur tattoo artist, I can confirm.

[bobthegoat]

I was hoping we would be talking about vehicles not in vacuum or helped by gravity, as that feels like cheating. I would like a list where the complete lag of drag and gravity does not play a role. Like in the thumbnail. Everyone that understands physics, understands it's not really an achievement to go fast in a spacecraft. Like how it wouldn't be more awesome if an alien race broke our speed record because they happened to throw something into a black hole if they lived close by. It's all about gravity. A shame the facts about the Parker solar probe was its speed. So much ingenuity, and we talk about its speed.

[jacklougheed]

Am I the only one disappointed about the lunar re-entry vehicle being backwards in re-entry, the space shuttle being nose down, and the heat shield on the Parker probe pointing away from the sun?

[jimmorelli]

Mach numbers are not applicable to travel outside an atmosphere. Also the orientation of re-entry was completely incorrect for the shuttle and Apollo.

[erictaylor]

1:10 And don't forget about testing the G force limits of on Dr, John Stapp.

[tobechukwuikeh]

im sure i speak for other viewers when i say it will be more appreciated if u also used metric measurements in the videos

[EAcapuccino]

So long as you're on the equator heading west, you can EASILY do over 1, 000 mph! Even when walking! 😁