1,900 km/h 1,100 mph Turbos utilize exhaust gases to power a turbine wheel, which is connected via a shaft to a compressor wheel. As the two wheels turn, large amounts of ambient air are sucked in and compressed. This air is passed through a charge-air cooler to further increase...
slowing down by just three ten-thousandths of the speed of light. But light passing through a diamond slows to less than half its typical speed,PBS NOVAreported. Even so, it travels through the gem at over 277 million mph (almost 124,000 km/s) — enough to make a difference...
they can use less fuel, or launch more payload with the same amount of fuel. As it launches, the rocket is already going 1,675 km/hour. That makes it easier to reach the 28,000 km/hour orbital velocity; or even