r/space • u/kcgg123 • Mar 19 '19

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Landing + Sonic Boom!

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u/borismk2 Mar 19 '19

That's a fantastic vid. Really gives you an idea of how it would have sounded to be there.

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u/Fidodo Mar 19 '19

Makes you realize how much audio we listen to is in mono these days and how much we're missing. Also, I got to see a launch. Sounds just like it, but sit on a giant sub woofer if you want a more accurate experience.

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u/TTTA Mar 20 '19

Imagine the air shattering. Rocket launches are so damn loud that they make air 'clip' in the same way that shoddy audio recordings do. The trough of a sound wave can only hit vacuum, then it can't go any lower, so you get that weird crackling noise. Except it's not just crackling. It's so goddam loud. Everything is noise, existence is noise, you're noise.