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Ok-Welder-4816 t1_itj60u3 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 12:56 AM

Reply to comment by PorkyMcRib in NASA poised to break sound barrier without the sonic boom by Ssider69

And every time you crack a whip, or a towel.

dumpmaster42069 t1_itkwp3f wrote on October 24, 2022 at 12:23 PM

Or there is an explosion or a

Imaginary-Location-8 t1_itl9pky wrote on October 24, 2022 at 2:09 PM

WHAT!? that’s gotta be bull..

Bensemus t1_itniup1 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 11:11 PM

The crack is the tip breaking the sound barrier. A towel is just a really shitty whip.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/true-cause-of-whips-crack/#:~:text=%22The%20crack%20of%20a%20whip,that%20generates%20the%20sonic%20boom.%22