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There's A New Record For The Fastest Human-Made Object: 394,736 MPH! - The Autopian (www.theautopian.com)
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[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

For the non-clickers of the link (like myself):
It's gonna be the Parker Solar Probe, skimming the sun's atmosphere in ever tighter and faster elipses with each orbit, gaining more and more speed with each pass.