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The Incredible Sounds of the Falcon Heavy Launch (BINAURAL AUDIO IMMERSION) - Smarter Every Day 189

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What it is

Smarter Every Day shares a binaural audio recording of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch made by Trevor Mahlmann, with explanations of the sounds including the sonic booms of the landing boosters. It is meant to be heard with headphones.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended in launch threads as an immersive way to hear what a Falcon Heavy launch actually sounds like.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “the sonic booms of the boosters coming into land are amazing, listen with headphones!”

    Sonic booms of landing boosters in immersive audio

    mywacaday, 2019-04 · Strong recommendation · in “F-1 Thrust Chamber”

  2. “a binaural recording of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch”

    Binaural recording conveying how a Falcon Heavy launch sounds

    chrononaut, 2018-05 · Recommendation · in “Why NASA's Next Mars Lander Will Launch from California Instead of Florida”

  3. “gives you a somewhat acoustical representation and a lot of good explanations”

    Acoustical representation of launch with good explanations

    mikejb, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “Arabsat-6A mission [video]”

  4. “pretty amazing binaural (immersive) audio recording of the facilities and launch”

    Immersive audio of the facilities and launch, liftoff at 3:15

    sbr464, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “What It's Like to View a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch”

  5. “SmarterEveryDay has a great video explaining this audio phenomenon”

    Explains the audio phenomenon of a Falcon Heavy launch

    MontagFTB, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “Falcon Heavy Launch [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: falcon heavy, binaural audio, spacex, sonic boom, spaceflight

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