6,599 MPH (1 Viewer)

[Mister CIA]

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29705/this-video-of-a-rocket-sled-doing-6599mph-at-holloman-afb-is-absolute-insanity

 

[wikkidpissah]

 

[woodstock]

Makes me think of the ill-fated solo efforts of Ace Frehley: 

Maybe I should turn around/maybe I should stop
Maybe I should turn around...
Speeding back to my baby
And I don't mean maybe

 

[BoltBacker]

Makes me think of Clark Griswold in Christmas Vacation.

As fast as the sled was in the OP do you honestly think they used a non-caloric, silicon based, kitchen lubricant that creates a surface 500x more slippery than any cooking oil? If they had, I think they might have gotten up to 6,600 MPH. 

Just sayin'.

 

[Punxsutawney Phil]

Makes me wonder why our present train tech is about 1/4 as advanced as Chinese maglevs.  

 

[Galileo]

Almost Mach 9  

 

[Kal El]

Faster than a speeding bullet...

 

[gianmarco]

To put this into context, that's about 110 miles per minute. It would go from NYC to Miami in 12 minutes.

 

[El Floppo]

This is some Buckaroo Bonzai level ####.

 

[dkp993]

You know something is fast when you still can’t see it at 1/4 speed.  

 

[zamboni]

“I Can’t Drive 6,599” was Sammy Hagar’s working title, but his co-writers got him to pare it back.