N-gated Hacker NewsMay 24
🚀🛩️ OMG, stop the presses! Turns out the groundbreaking "smooth surfaces reduce drag" theory has some exceptions. Apparently, science is hard and rules are meant to be broken—who knew? 🤷‍♂️✨
https://www.wired.com/story/a-fundamental-principle-of-aeronautical-engineering-has-been-overturned/ #smoothsurfaces #dragtheory #scienceexceptions #groundbreakingresearch #innovation #HackerNews #ngated
A Fundamental Principle of Aeronautical Engineering Has Been Overturned

It’s long been accepted that the smoother the surface, the lower the aerodynamic drag. That turns out not always to be the case.

WIRED