You'll NEVER Hear a Sonic Boom From a Rocket??

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[jmur]

Mantis shrimp got snubbed in the Boomies.

[petercudmore]

As a 20 year veteran physics teacher I can say this is one of the best descriptions of the phenomenon I have seen online and this will so be used by my class this year. I also love being able to give my female physics students a role model so they can see themselves in physics and engineering and you are great for that. Please keep making more of these although i also love showing your engineering videos to my robotics class as they show how much prototyping, retooling, redesigning, etc that is necessary to make things actually work. Thanks for this and all the other content.. (btw one of your flight proven Seasons Yeetings ornaments has a place of pride in my classroom)

[kmbr]

I'm actually a middle school science teacher and I had to comment to that this video is really well done. Probably not something I would use in everyday middle school classes, but something I would absolutely use as a resource at either an extra-curricular level or high school level. The information, visuals of the video, and clarity in presentation of information all merged together really well to create an engaging and comprehendible video. Nice job! Would love to see more like this from you.

(As a side-note, I've shown your videos before in extra-curricular or off-day settings as an example of an awesome woman in science and engineering putting her work out in an engaging way for kids to discover. Love your channel; keep it up!)

[ericnfriedman]

Liked it! I'm a physics teacher and the timing of this video was perfect--I'm literally talking about sonic booms today in class! Also I've got a crew of super nerdy rocket kids at my school who I will turn on to your channel. Keep it up Xyla!

[ValaSelene]

I haven't seen any of your videos before, but this was not just well made and interesting, but you're bringing just the best vibe and delivery. Love it!

[watchbot]

Ms. Foxlin is the coolest substitute teacher, she lets us watch rocket videos

[codespace]

Definitely keep making science explainers; you're good at it, and they're fun to watch. Also really enjoyed the quality of the animations, your animator(s) did a fantastic job.

[dcplunkett]

"How's your back feeling?" Ouch.

[wallykramer]

Nicely done side-stepping of the speed of sound in air at different altitudes and temperatures!

[wtfpwnzred]

0:45 don't forget baseballs. Destin made a baseball go mach 1.3

[jakobrosenqvist]

So you draw them in with bullet proof dresses, rocket powered christmas trees and stripper jokes and then when they least expect it you hit them with educational content.

Very sneaky, I like it.

[patchvonbraun]

I loved this format, Xyla. A mix of this format and "watch me make something cool" on your channel would be great! Back when I was a "steely-eyed missile man" and ran my own teensy aerospace company, I was at the launch of many supersonic rockets. Never heard a boom once--for precisely the reasons you describe. Was at the launch of a minimum-diameter, "O' class vehicle that was predicted to go to 12+km, and hit mach 3 on the way up. When it came back (a few hours after launch), the gorgeous paint job had been stripped away from the front meter of the vehicle due to aero heating. This was with Mike Dennett who was with Cesaroni Aerospace at the time.

[JulienVanier]

Very high production value. Awesome work!

[cristicbz]

Love this new style of video, keep it up!

[marcm.]

13:57 Yes. More of these. Veritasium watch your heels you got competition... And yes I know he was your mentor😂

[JoshWright]

This was a fun video (the pacing felt like a 15 minute long Short— it was very engaging the whole way through). I'd definitely enjoy this style of video in the mix for your channel!

[sethicus]

This is so different from the videos I've gotten used to seeing on your channel, and I love it!

[KevinH.Rev]

I enjoyed Science educator Xyla, good job!

Also another sonic-boom analogue is the wake of a boat. that's what happens when the boat is going faster than the waves it makes, and that may be a great visualization for why you don't hear the boom from a rocket. start with a boat at the shore and have it go straight out until it is going 2.2 times the speed of waves, then see if the wake ever gets back to that same point.

[osbornaero]

Dude the content of and production quality of this video has really leveled up.

[blazingskulls]

I love this!! Such stuff integrated with your building videos or even as separate videos would be awesome!!