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Originally Posted by Tervuren
It'd be interesting to see a video comparing a top fuel dragster to the space shuttle.
Unfortunately all the videos of a space shuttle launch I had ever seen were slow mo.
My mind was not wired for how short what I was about to see would be.
Seeing it in person, even if 10 miles away, wow.
It did not waste time getting to several hundred miles per hour, then it hit a cloud layer and went out of view.
The shuttle limits it acceleration for pilot and passenger comfort.
It'd be capable of more at full tilt.
Just amazing.
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The shuttle went from 0 to 17,500 MPH is 8.5 minutes. The 0 to 60 MPH is likely not that impressive. Like all the "races" you have seen against a car and a jet fighter. Almost any car can out run a jet aircraft for the first hundred feet.
The sound alone of top fuel dragsters is worth going to see them in person (with hearing protection if close) and no video can represent the astonishing performance of one.