Space Shuttle Booster Rocket Test Fire

[FAWEXX]

best flamethrower ever :D

[Marshall1174]

I love the smell of ammonium perchlorate in the morning.

[ivorytickler94]

@Marshall1174 favorite kuregg cup flavor :D

[ThomasJAckerman]

Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Comman Man for the win.

[zombieX111222333]

@pu33yassassin superman

[kawasakikx250ff]

thats pretty cool

[mrswartz]

gives me chills dude

[inflamed666]

The cloud almost breaks Eyafjallajökull...

[RichysBikeWorld]

Any 1 got some Chicken Wings I fancy a BBQ lol

[DonBringer]

oh come on! carbon dioxide

[skyliner288]

Some idiot across the mountain probably started screaming, ACT OF GOD! :D

[fleshisthefever]

eco friendly ??

[fusionstar916]

@fleshisthefever a couple hundred cars will emit the same amount of crap in a day.

[Tyrannobeast]

@fusionstar916: The Space Shuttle does not run on Fossil Fuels, and it launches much less than people drive, so even if it did release large amounts of CO2 and such it would have a minimal environmental impact.

[tiagandremo]

@fleshisthefever SUPER eco friendly, the saturn V takes 1 gallon to move up 5 inches, now thats efficient

[spiderplant]

Man it would REALLY hurt to put your hand in front of that.

[dalqorian]

its also nose first against about 100 tons of concrete!

[AosIma123]

there goes the attempt ive made all year to save co2 emissions by catching buses :(

[BerSerKer2k8]

now the earth is rotating faster.. nah just kidding

[stegatops]

Thats not funnny............youre quite right, the earth is rotating faster after that, but only by one second every 1000 years.

[BerSerKer2k8]

omfg please just stfu and stop arguing fun killer asshole -.-

[Ralphgtx280]

@BerSerKer2k8 what if it was pointing in the opposite direction to the rotation of the earth

[Julian24151]

@BerSerKer2k8 Hahahaha funny

[fighter199212]

@BerSerKer2k8 lol actually its evened out now ... cause the 3 valley damn in china saves so much water in it the water level sunnk by half an inch worldwide which made earth turn abit slower by 0.00016mph... funny science....

[gg4465a]

great carbon footprint comment at the end. i was literally thinking the exact same thing the entire time.

[SPOOKSTR]

My car will DESTROY that engine...its a Fiat Banbino ya know.

[Survic84401]

Think it's the other way around. The fire from that engine would DESTROY your car. ;)

[whizzmin]

i need one for my car

[Cozzi0]

what elements do solid rocket boosters burn?

[MarsFKA]

A Shuttle SRB uses ammonium perchlorate as the oxidizer (69.6% by weight), aluminum powder as the fuel, (16%), iron oxide (a catalyst, 0.4%), a polymer binder that holds the mixture together, (12.04%), and an epoxy curing agent (1.96%). Each SRB weighs approximately 580 metric tons at launch and develops 1,500 metric tons of thrust. The Shuttle generates more thrust than the first stage of a Saturn 5 and weighs about 1100 tons less than a complete Apollo Moon mission.

[fluffyman15]

how comes the booster is not flying away, how do they hold back so much power? can you please tell me?

[MarsFKA]

The test boosters are held down by very strong anchors. The last thing Morton Thiokol wants is a booster to break loose and head for another part of the state - or a neighbouring state...

[fluffyman15]

yeah would´nt be very nice^^

thank you for explaining.

[homeboy20012009]

@marsfka,

Yeah that would be a horrible day for the whole country.

[MediaNexus]

@fluffyman15 Same way they keep the shuttle from tipping over at the launch pad - They use VERY large bolts.

[fluffyman15]

@MediaNexus: Thank you for your answer!

[RJY4356]

Boron Potassium Nitrate pellets (BKNO3) are int he igniter, the fuel it self is mostly a hardened aluminum mixture.

[rss0246]

Hey Mars. Thanks for all the detailed info. Brought back alot of memories of making solid rockets. One quibble: Unless I've gone senile, the shuttle DOES NOT produce as much power as the Saturn V first stage. The shuttle produces about 6.5 million pounds of thrust (2 SRBs and 3 SSMEs) to lift its 4.5 million pounds. The Saturn V S-1C first stage (with five F1 engines) produced 7.5 million pounds of thrust to lift that 6 million pound vehicle . (Hence the much slower liftoff.)

[planedrawer]

I know, its a new way to create rain. The rediculous thermals rise into the sky past the dew point carrying the dust particles and nox gass to form the rain drops, oh no thats acid rain, doh.

[demonator65]

lol "lets go dance in the rain daddy" "no no honey thats not rain its acid that can melt your skin down to the bone"

O_o

[hessy11]

ive seen a space shuttle lanch in florida it was amazing the hole earth was shaking

[taivnaauyanga]

Does anyone know the background music? Its so good. I used to listen when I was 7, but I don't know the name... Please, thank you

[seanmd80]

It's called Fanfare for the Common Man by American composer Aaron Copland.

[taivnaauyanga]

Thank you very much. Such a wonderful music...

[Snoips]

yeah I was there today too! Very cool to watch...and feel! I hear peacekeeper static tests have a stronger shock wave than RSRM. too bad I missed out on the last peacekeeper.

[DeerJumper101]

ive been there in 12/04/2008 it was so cool and awesome!!! its in Utah and i love it

[AmonAmarthRRocks]

it exhausted the oxygen in the air, and burned everything away!

[Nightmare005]

nope

[Individuality1990]

lol to amon. Solid fuel composition rockets like this one carry their own oxygen. in this case its supply comes from potassium perchlorate.

[MusicalFan1701]

ammonium perchlorate

[Individuality1990]

lol that's what i meant to put down, cheers.

[sir62092]

why didn't that light the field on fire?

[peaky1988]

it probably vapourised the field and then melted any rocks