Ares 1-X Flight Test Launches in High Definition (HD)

[Zoomer30]

Still shocks the hell out of me that just a 1 deg gimbals of the SRB nozzle can make such an abrupt "fly away" move. May have to tone that down a bit on TRT.

[Zoomer30]

Rockets dont give off CO2 and the amount would be small if they did. SRBs are not however the most green rocket there is (but the SatV was even worse: Burned high grade kerosene).

The best is any engine that burns H2 and O2. H2+O2 = heat and H20.

But they are tricky.

The "green" discussion is also another nail in the DIRECT option coffin. With direct you use 4 SRBS for one lunar flight, 2 SRBS for a ISS flight.

The Ares system only uses 1 for a ISS flight and 3 for a lunar.

[RolandsSmoked]

:? co2 emissions ? :D

[joachim2464]

johoo!