Pure speed.
This is the fastest the human body can travel without machine power.
There's really no other feeling like it, and it's a very basic form just going fast
is an adrenaline rush.
But for some, sprinting is not nearly fast enough.
I wish there was a way for you to experience that, because it's an incredible feeling.
You know, it's something that I've done all kinds of other sports, everything, but there's
just nothing like that feeling.
With speed comes danger.
But there are always individuals who are ready to put their lives at risk.
Duty is paramount, and so regardless of the outcome, you don't pay any attention to it.
Let your success be great.
If you're not, goodbye.
Only 26 people have ever ridden the fastest and most powerful machine ever built, the
Saturn V.
As the fuel was consumed and the spacecraft got a lot lighter, the thrust remained the
same, so then it really started to accelerate, it was a very rough ride.
Only a chosen few know what it feels like to travel this fast.
Speed freaks all want the same thing.
They want to go fast, and they want to go faster than last time.
Keith Johnsgard, a psychologist, has spent a lifetime studying those who dare to go fast.
The reason people have this kind of obsession is because going fast in a race car or through
the air after you've exited an airplane, whatever, delivers a uniquely powerful kind
of experience that we just don't get in ordinary everyday life.
There's a whole variety of ways that you can accomplish that.
One way to experience this sensation is to throw yourself out of an airplane at 15,000
feet.
One power combined with technology can propel us even faster.
The world record for a bicycle on a racetrack is 45 miles per hour.
Under special conditions, it's possible to ride a bicycle at over 150 miles per hour.
The cyclist is towed behind a racing car up to high speed.
Then the bike detaches, and under its own pedal power and shielded from the airstream,
this cyclist, John Howard, reaches 152 miles per hour.
If the rider slows up and comes out of the car's slipstream, the results will be catastrophic.
