i wonder where that fastest ever manhole is now
for the unaware, the fastest man-made object ever is a manhole that was blasted off it's drain by a nuclear explosion and was very briefly recorded as travelling at over six times the escape velocity of earth.
i say briefly because even using the slow motion cameras they had for analysis of the blast the manhole was only visible for a single frame in mid air
@PsyChuan that story is amazing! if I'm reading https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/nasa-solar-probe-becomes-fastest-object-ever-built-as-it-touches-the-sun/ right, those jerks at NASA have recently spoiled this great trivia answer. Parker is travelling at about 13 escape velocities
@PsyChuan did it fall back down?
@dragon i don't think so. not at six times escape velocity. it's proably rocketing through the solar system
@PsyChuan amazing thank you, love that lil astronaut 🥰
@PsyChuan you know, for a second i thought that was a fifth the speed of light, until i realized it was a 5000th....
@PsyChuan That's marvelous.
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honestly, with that kind of force it probably at least melted due to air resistance