Breaking the Sound Barrier

May 8, 2016 4:06:21 GMT TheGraveKnight said:

 Assuming you have the proper research, would it be possible to create a land/sea vehicle that could break the sound barrier? Since we humans have already created jets that break it, shouldn`t it be possible to do this with other vehicle types. 

In theory, I'd assume so once that particular point is reached. But getting something airborne to break the sound barrier is much easier than getting something on land or on the water to do so. So while perhaps a prestige project could be done, there might not be much practicality in making a supersonic land vehicle unit or a similarly speedy sub or battleship. It'd be cool, but also could be harder to make practical in terms of fuel costs.

Plus there's drag and atmospheric density modeling to consider, it's entirely possible for planets with different atmospheric densities to exist, so the speeds required to break the sound barrier can fluctuate. Definitely something for the programmers and coders to consider down the road though.