This Is Not a Shockwave

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Credits:
Writer/Narrator: Brian McManus
Editor: Dylan Hennessy
Animator: Mike Ridolfi
Sound: Graham Haerther
Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster

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[mathieuprovencal]

for the blue light, LOOK FOR Cherenkov radiation. It's when charged particles move faster than light through a medium ( in nuclear reactors it's water). Though, when we say "nothing is faster than the speed of light", it is true, in a vacuum like space. Light can be slowed down when travelling through different mediums like water, making this possible. In water, light travels at 75% of it's vacuum speed.

[nilomosquerapazos]

When aerodynamics are more interesting than a movie:

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"Many of you will be looking at the screen with a raise eyebrow right now"
I feel personally attacked

[MrSeerocket]

Great video. As a former aviator who flew the Hornet, I appreciate the clarification of the principles at work. One correction... 2:40 “If we were at 100% *absolute* humidity..”. Absolute humidity is the amount of water vapor per volume, and is independent of the temperature/capacity for the air to hold more vapor (i.e. 5G/m^2) Any time we refer to a percentage humidity, that is, by definition, *relative* humidity.

[nmccw]

The Cherenkov radiation tease is brutal…

[aroncoxall]

"Faster than Light"
Me: Lies, deception

[RealEngineering]

This video was inspired by a Twitter thread by Dr. Chris Combs, a professor of hypersonics in UTSA. He also helped me research for the X-15 video.

Also, the saturation explanation is not strictly accurate, but it’s easier than explaining that the balance of evaporation and condensation changes. Don’t @ me meteorologists

[adhithasimhanraghavan]

This is a vintage type of real engineering video 😍 pure technical stuff explained to the point!

[thespongeisright]

Does anyone know the difference between an introverted engineer and an extroverted one? An introverted engineer looks at his shoes when he talks to you. But, an extroverted engineer looks at your shoes when he talks to you.

[mimikyoo]

Real engineering videos be like
"if this is not a hot dog: what is it? To answer that question, we need to talk about the industrial revolution..."

[sclarin]

"If we were at 100% max humidity"
so Florida then

[Twas-RightHere]

5:34 "All ads are cut from the nebula version"
Me: *sips tea with adbocker on*

[JeremieBPCreation]

The ending of this video sounds a lot like "Have you heard that modern science is completely wrong? Come give us money to get the ACTUAL TRUTH!!!""

[jr]

Love the video. Just a quick note: clouds and the like aren’t made of visible water vapour; as gaseous water is invisible. These are examples of condensed water in liquid form, as tiny micro droplets, small enough for gravity forces to be small relative to other aerodynamic forces, keeping these micro droplets aloft as fog/clouds. Cheers!

[AluminumOxide]

4:05 the shuttle mission in question is STS-70, and at 5:09 light takes a longer path than the electrons, enabling them to take a shortcut and “appear” traveling faster than light.

[patrykc]

I love this channel! If I wasn’t a broke medical student in hundreds of thousands dollars in debt, I’d sign up for nebula in a heart beat! Hopefully in the near future!

[abdulmuhaimintahseen]

This is the difference between googling something with no knowledge and actually being a smart student. Great video!

[joshsvoss]

Isn't the vapor caused by a drop in pressure, rather than a drop in temperature???

[TheCardq]

This has been the most compelling ad for nebula I've seen

[NosiAttack]

As a Guile player I do appreciate you finally clarifying that those are not sonic booms.