Wealth on Instagram: "The launch you’re watching is one of the most quickest accelerations a human can experience 🚨✈️ An F/A-18 can’t take off like a normal jet because an aircraft carrier’s runway is only about 300 feet long. To solve this, engineers built a steam-powered catapult system that literally throws the jet off the deck by accelerating it from zero to around 150–170 knots (300 mph) in just 2 to 3 seconds. The jet locks onto a shuttle under the deck, steam pressure builds, and when re