Originally Posted by bowtie427ss
Obviously, they worked with Chevrolet!
Wuzn't fair...you wuz sqeezin' nitrous.
Obviously, they worked with Chevrolet!
Wuzn't fair...you wuz sqeezin' nitrous.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
Seriously though, and all pun intended, those numbers are astronomical.
Just knowing what little i know about those gases flowing in those quantities, that whole thing teeters on a very fine line between proper operation and catastrophic failure for the duration of engine runtime.
I've driven vehicles, and ridden machines that i've equated with "riding a bomb", the shuttle really does ride one!
37 million horsepower at WOT for over 7 minutes, i get a little rush just trying to imagine it.
Not all vegetables make good leaders.
I remember the old days...as many blew up as flew back in the 50's.
There is a really good read called "Crossbow and Overcast" detailing WWII espionage and the program to bring German rocket scientists to the US.
In the early stages of V2 development, they always blew up just short of the target. A German scientist volunteered to stand at the target and watch it come in. At the correct time he checks his watch and looks up. Of course, it turned out to be the first successful test. He ran for a trench, as I understand he made it 80% of the way there and was blown the rest.
The book details another German scientist everybody though was young because he never had to shave. A rocket motor explosion had taken off several layers of skin from his face.
Your neighbors called. They like your music.
Funny how things happen in life.
I remember this little snot nosed kid, friend of my brother's in school and how they used to get into trouble. My brother went down to FL last year to watch the launch from the friend's and family viewing point, maybe 3 miles from the launch since this snot nosed kid was now piloting the shuttle...:flagwaver:
If I can find his video, I'll post it. Amazing stuff...
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Analog Addict - Jack of all Trades, Master of None
Searching for Sonic Nirvana...
Ha! Great. :2thumbsup:
I've watched the shuttle launches and there are indeed a rush. A very loud rush.
Sure wish we'd gone down to see the Saturn 5 moon launches. Don't know why we never did.
Here's a pretty cool "birds-eye" view;
YouTube - Space Shuttle Launch: Viewed From an Airplane
"[I]We're going all the way, till the wheels fall off and burn[/I]!"
Bob Dylan, from [I]Brownsville Girl[/I]
[I]"Time wounds all heels"[/I]
John Lennon, referring to the Nixon/Hoover deportation fiasco.
I always liked the movie October Sky,, a very good story,,
Derry
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