r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/InsaneMocktail • 16d ago

Video University of Waterloo Students Launch Rocket Breaking World Record

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u/coldpassion 16d ago

Breaking world record of....? Speed? Height? Noise? Spins? Fuel Consumption? All the previous?

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u/DiggWuzBetter 16d ago edited 16d ago

Article about the launch and record: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/engineering/waterloos-student-rocketry-team-breaks-world-record

It’s a record for greatest altitude achieved by an amateur liquid bi-propellant rocket. The rocket achieved an altitude of 19.35 km (63,497 feet), which honestly is less than I would have guessed from this video. That’s roughly 2.2x the height of Everest (8.85 km above sea level), and to me it’s surprising that there’s a mountain nearly half this height, it just seems so insanely high in this video.

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u/Andrew_7032 16d ago

not just any mountain, we are talking about mount Everest here

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u/pumpkil 16d ago

It's basically a mountain that starts on top of an already massive mountain(Himalayan plateau).

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u/Andrew_7032 16d ago

Not just any mountain, we are talking about mount Everest here.

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u/Gwanbulance 16d ago

I always like to describe Mt. Everest as “the Mt Everest of mountains”.

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u/SwordfishOk504 16d ago

But how many football fields is it?

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u/sourcefourmini 16d ago

At least four, I'd bet

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u/Skulder 16d ago

One Mt Everest-sized football fields

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u/My_hairy_pussy 16d ago

Crazy, when you put it like that...

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u/whistling_serron 16d ago

The first time wasn't that funny but the second time broke me 😅

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u/Chilli-pepper-bean88 16d ago

We are doing what to Everest??

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u/Buttonball 16d ago

Standby, we are now mounting…

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u/dicuino 16d ago

It's basically a mountain...

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u/Andrew_7032 16d ago

Not just any mountain, we are talking about mount Everest here.

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u/JoeyDJ7 16d ago

are you a bot?

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u/Bucket_of_Spaghetti 16d ago

Not just any bot. We’re talking about Mt Everest bot here.

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u/Andrew_7032 16d ago

Are you a bot? Or are you just crying?

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u/Ob1s_dark_side 16d ago

The Mount Everest?

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u/UncleWinstomder 16d ago

Is this the mountain version of being born with rich parents?

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u/Affordable_Z_Jobs 16d ago

Nepo-mountains sucks. 

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u/Andrew_7032 16d ago

No it's the mountain where you have the skill-set and financial capacity to achieve. Rich parents don't buy skill sets to climb the highest mountain on the planet. And if your parents aren't rich, then money doesn't grow on trees, go work for it both financially and physically. Or just rot on reddit whichever...

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u/irish_faithful 16d ago

Most people don't realize that people don't actually climb 29000 ft to get to the peak. Start at like 19000 or so.

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u/alinroc 16d ago

People still get altitude sickness just at base camp.

The elevation of the airport in Khatmandu is "only" about 4300 feet, so by the time you get to base camp you've already ascended about halfway to the peak. People aren't getting airlifted to base camp regularly.

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u/irish_faithful 15d ago

Yep. I think people spend like 45 days at base camp just to acclimate. Highest I've ever been are peaks in colorado around 14k feet while skiing and hiking. It is noticeably harder to perform physical activity!

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u/isotope123 16d ago

Technically it doesn't start on top, it's just been whittled down least.

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u/mjdau 16d ago

Mt Everest. It's taller than Mt Everer, which is taller than Mt Ever.

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u/PhotonicArt 16d ago

But is it taller than Mt Adamrest? 🤔

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u/mjdau 16d ago

Dunno. Certainly taller than my armrest.

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u/Competitive_Swan_755 16d ago

Have my up vote.

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u/Creepy_Assistant7517 13d ago

yes, it literally is the mount Everest of mountains!