No it doesn't make a sound.

Since the question states that there is no one there to hear the crash, it is assumed that there is no one there capable of hearing it. The only beings the question is concerned about are those who would be capable of hearing the crash if they were there. Those who are not capable of hearing the crash, even if they were there, are not part of the question.

A compression wave without an instrument capable of receiving and interpreting it remains a compression wave, nothing more. It only becomes a sound when there is an instrument present that is capable of interpreting the wave for the brain. Take the example of a dog whistle. If someone blew it next to me, I couldn't say that it made a sound because I can't hear it. The compression waves exist, but for me the sound does not exist because I am not capable of hearing it. For someone capable of hearing a dog whistle there would be a sound, but that is only because their ears are capable of interpreting the compression waves as a audible signal for the brain.

The bottom line as I see it. The ship will only make a sound if there is someone present at the crash who's ears and brain are capable of interpreting the compression waves of the crash as sound. Since the question states that there is no one there to hear it, that means that there is no one present capable of interpreting the compression wave as a sound. It makes a compression wave, but not a sound.

i see threadomancy at work

its been 4months since the last post and that means threadomancy

plaese have a quick read thought the forum rules

http://wartubeforum.darkbb.com/introduction-to-wartube-online-f3/wtfrotflolbbq-read-this-thread-first-t957.htm

since this is you first time, i will let you go with out saying anything to the higher ups





josh