270,000 pounds of Awesome Thrust – Let The Countdown Begin
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Topic: 270,000 pounds of Awesome Thrust – Let The Countdown Begin
Posted By: BetweenTheLines
Subject: 270,000 pounds of Awesome Thrust – Let The Countdown Begin
Date Posted: 31.Aug.2012 at 13:52
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/btl/3908428228/"> DM1 Test blog post: In a ground test they mount the motor to the ground in a special reinforced fixture instead of it blasting off into the heavens. It takes a great deal of engineering to do this test, and restrain an amazing amount of energy provided by the rocket engine producing 270,000 of thrust. Granted this is only a fraction of the Ares DM1 motor at 3.6 million pounds of thrust, but still just as amazing. Once you light the rocket motor there is no stopping it until it burns out of fuel. There is no UNDO command. I will be tweeting https://twitter.com/ShaanHurley - @ShaanHurley as well as blogging during and after the event, and can hardly wait. This is another fine example of math science and engineering being cool.
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I cant wait for the countdown to start and then when they light this monster of a candle. This is all thanks to my http://www.atk.com/ - ATK friends in Utah where the Space Shuttle “SRB” Solid Rocket Boosters were developed, tested, and made for many years until the Space Shuttle Program was retired. Tonight when you look up in the night sky you will see a rare full blue moon, think of Neil and Buzz. Cheers,
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I will have a front row seat in the media area when http://www.atk.com/ - ATK performs a ground test of GEM 60 solid rocket motor on September 6th, 2012. Last time I was at this test site, I had front row for the ARES DM1 fixed motor test and see the amazing engineering before and after firing as well as speak with the real rocket scientists and engineers. It was so amazing that I couldn’t event remember how to use my camera for a few seconds when the DM1 lit up and rumbled the earth. I felt the heat from a mile away. The countdown alone is enough to raise your heart rate with each number 10, 9, 8, 7, then they tease you with hold times to make sure all is ready but I personally think it is just to see how much anticipation and anxiety you can take. The only thing ever to rival this was being front row for the final launch of the http://autodesk.blogs.com/between_the_lines/2010/11/nasatweetup-sts-133-is-over-for-me.html - Space Shuttle Discovery STS-133 and blogging and tweeting it live. It was a truly emotional time and saw several of the veteran Space Shuttle astronauts as well as some legendary Apollo 11 astronauts like http://buzzaldrin.com/buzz-at-cape-canaveral-shuttle-launch/ - Buzz Aldrin RIP, and