Can You Hear Yourself Talk at Mach 2?

DenverW · Sep 20, 2017

If you moved at the speed of sound, mach 1, mach 2 would be the speed of sound relative to you, would you be able to hear yourself talk, and if so, would you have to talk at mach 2, and is it possible for sound to travel mach 2 through ground level air.

berkeman · Sep 20, 2017

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