How Would Maverick Survive Ejecting From the SR-72 Darkstar At Mach 10?

Scott Manley
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Published 2022-10-18
Sometimes people tweet wrong things and I feel compelled to make a video: Neil Degrasse Tyson made a number of comments about Top Gun 2: Maverick including this one which spoke to me:
twitter.com/neiltyson/status/1579177010374799361?s…

Now, he does a fine job communicating cool things about science, but he’s an astronomer and hasn’t spend nearly as much time studying aerospace as myself, nor did he recently make a video about the most extreme Ejection seat ever made for the X-15.

Darkstar in MSFS footage comes from Brian Murray
   • SR-72 Darkstar - How to fly at Mach 10  

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