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Old 02-11-2010, 07:31 PM   #1
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Default 22 Million Horsepower

I dunno if anyone has seen this before, me and my mates were doing an engineering project this last month on Morton Thiokol, the company responsible for making these solid rocket boosters for NASA... i just thought this was EPIC....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBen...eature=related

if you like horsepower, its worth watching.

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Old 02-11-2010, 07:44 PM   #2
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You see a rocket booster, I see a land speed record!
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Old 02-11-2010, 07:46 PM   #3
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Breathtaking stuff
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Old 02-11-2010, 07:49 PM   #4
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Awesome


I always find the Saturn V engine test impressive too, you have to wonder how they ever kept it fixed to the ground.

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Old 02-11-2010, 07:53 PM   #5
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:28 PM   #6
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Give him the size 11 frozen chook for doing the best burnout on the night...
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:46 PM   #7
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And the dimmensions of the rocket booster were determined by the width of two horses backsides.
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Old 02-11-2010, 08:55 PM   #8
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That should get ya down the shops pretty quick.
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:00 PM   #9
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It would go better with a supercharger....but what type?
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:47 PM   #10
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Ugh, caveman have come a long way.... lol
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:55 PM   #11
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Typical.
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:56 PM   #12
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No wonder my watch is wrong.
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Old 02-11-2010, 10:13 PM   #13
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I'm more impressed they found a dyno that could measure up to 22 million horsepower...
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Old 02-11-2010, 10:14 PM   #14
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Meh, 22 million actual horses pulling something would be equally impressive.
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Old 02-11-2010, 10:26 PM   #15
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earth's either spinning a little quicker or slower ... just depends which way they pointed it.
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Old 02-11-2010, 10:35 PM   #16
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What i dont understand is all these yrs later and development of rockets there still hasent been another person to land on the moon.................
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Old 03-11-2010, 01:31 AM   #17
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What i dont understand is all these yrs later and development of rockets there still hasent been another person to land on the moon.................
What do you mean another, theres been quite a few already. Not much point just going back to the same rock, not until we can do something with it anyway.
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Old 03-11-2010, 09:32 AM   #18
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Old 03-11-2010, 10:29 AM   #19
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22 million! The best I have had control of was 6000Kws
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Old 03-11-2010, 10:53 AM   #20
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i got a feeling that, that motor didn't have a cat converter fitted..
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Old 03-11-2010, 12:32 PM   #21
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Is it capable of producing 1.21gigawatts?
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Old 03-11-2010, 01:05 PM   #22
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Still gonna need a flux capacitor!!!
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Old 03-11-2010, 01:11 PM   #23
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Would have loved to see them leave something big and heavy (bus?) 20 metres behind it and watch it get blown out and over into the next valley.
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Old 03-11-2010, 02:56 PM   #24
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I could take it...all that power and it barely moved an inch :P

Quite amazing, would have loved to be there in person to witness the sound and feel the heat!
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Old 03-11-2010, 03:31 PM   #25
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Where do you buy one of them exhaust i want to put one on my falcon.That will make it go.
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Old 03-11-2010, 03:40 PM   #26
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ive seen civics that hit vtec go faster!
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Old 03-11-2010, 04:08 PM   #27
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What do you mean another, theres been quite a few already. Not much point just going back to the same rock, not until we can do something with it anyway.
12 to be exact.

Mars is now NASA's new frontier.
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Old 03-11-2010, 08:07 PM   #28
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12 to be exact.

Mars is now NASA's new frontier.
I remmeber as a kid I thought it could be possible in my lifetime that Mars would be inhabited in some sense of the word (human not alien). Not simply going there, but something more. Maybe a station on the moon or something is still possible. Nah, I doubt it, /sad face.
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Well I reckon it is possible, especially if Buzz Aldrin can get his Mars Cycler idea to come to fruition.
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Old 03-11-2010, 08:26 PM   #30
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i think it comes down to profitability.. who is willing to lay down mega bucks to get us to go to and settle on mars
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