Can supersonic speed really make you walk through walls? #knowledge #science

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[00:00:00]It's said that if a person could accelerate to supersonic speeds, they could walk through walls just like Superman. [music] Is that true? To reach the speed of sound, a rocket sled must be launched along a track and eventually crash into a wall 300 m away. Jamie welded a dummy to the rocket sled in a pose reminiscent [music] of Superman taking flight, then dressed it in a super cool costume. Now, let's see if it can really pass through the wall. The dummy slammed into the wall in the blink of an eye, blasting a huge hole through it. Did the dummy really succeed? But, the problem was that they couldn't find any trace of the dummy. [music] Despite a thorough search of the debris, not even a single fragment of the dummy was found.

[00:00:42]Finally, they [music] uncovered the truth using high-speed cameras. The dummy struck the wall at supersonic speeds. [music] The impact, generating over 5 million joules of energy, >> [music] >> instantly vaporized the dummy, leaving no trace behind. Perhaps the dummy truly [music] passed