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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

TIL hypersonic is genuinely a distinct word from supersonic.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's usually over mach 5, but originally it was used to refer to when you start needing to deal with heating up the air.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Also around the point where jet engines kinda just stop working right.