NASA and Northrop Grumman test-fired a full-size solid rocket booster for the new Space Launch System megarocket on Sept. 2, 2020 in Promontory, Utah. Full Story: www.space.com/... Credit: NASA
ZingsVideos, was it going in the direction of Earth’s rotation? Maybe it slowed Earth’s rotation! That would be better; there isn’t enough time in the day as it is.
@Tom I can hardly put into words how little sense this comment makes. The earth would be moved only by this booster IF he is held. If it wouldnt be held, but would jet off, it would've no influence on the earths rotation at all. So why should´ve "Kris tian" thought that the booster would move the earth if there was nothing to hold it in place? I have never read such a big logic knot in so few letters :D
@Tom who is that "they" you are talking about? You definetly replied to Kris tian. And it is held at rest not by the earth but by a large, purpose-built structure attached to the earth. And because its held back, it definetly has an impact on the earth rotation, as everythin has. even you do a push on the earth by jumping. Its just incredible small, but measurable. So yes it definetly has a push on the earth, but do you mean, that it changes the earths rotaiton drasticly? wtf, you even need 2 + onflight engine to just move a small rocket into space, how can 1 have the tiniest bit of relevant impact on the earths rotation then?
@Tom The person isn't referring to the mountains or the earth, but to the structure built in front of it, to keep the booster from moving, so they can test it Which honestly, I was also thinking the same. Imagine how much force the booster is exerting on that structure, continuosly as the fuel burns, and yet, it resists. It is indeed quite impressive.
@@eross.carmona7235I mean, in some jets the engines have only 3 very small attachment points that transfer all the thrust to the frame which is a lot of weight and forward movement for some tiny metal bars, so I def believe smth can hold this back
@@deansicking6257 Yeah bro, that's the sad part of Europe and its "woke" community. As a European I hate fruits and vegetables...I like MEAT !!! Although I live in Europe... in many ways I feel American by heart. At least they know what's tasty !!!
@@Leo.Wirabuana not gonna work very well because its designed to be a sea level booster. Thats why 2nd stage engines are specially configured for burning in a vacuum. The srb will either be very inefficient or the nozzle will be damaged when it starts bending because of flow separation
@@aircraftsupport5800 I think your skin would melt off before you felt any “thrust”.. watch the gopro video in which the gopro was placed 20 feet away and it got melted
It's on Earth in a 12.3 psi air pressure. Chemistry being what it is those propellants would not ignite in the vaccum of space. That's right even though the oxidizer is mixed right with the fuel with no ambient air pressure the molecules don't sustain combustion. Gunpowder doesn't burn in a vacuum of 150k feet equivalent explosive compounds don't explode in even relatively weak vaccums.
I used to live on the other side of the Wellsville mountains from where these were tested. According to a family member, you could hear the rockets being tested.
I'd absolutely believe it. The Shuttle launches were loud enough to kill you from the pure volume if you were too close, and would drown out the PA system from the launch observation area across the water a good couple miles away.
I was three miles from a shuttle launch, and you could not only hear it, you could feel it. I'm guessing that the vibrations can be felt from many miles away.
Back in the 60s my dad would take me up to the rocket tests at Santa Susanna pass. Incredible power that I can still feel every time I'm reminded of them. Thanks Dad.
It always facinates me that the rocket takes all these weird PSD and acoustic loads, not to mention the obvious thermal issues as well as lifting a kajillion lbs .
The SRBs are cheaper to discard than reuse. Not like they have engines or anything, it is just a metal shell that they refill with goop. By the time you recover, examine, clean, and rebuild the srb you are better off making a new one.
Brandon Nixon the point is that SLS continues to use archaic technology. They need to innovate or just leave the market to the new kids. They are wasting our taxes on their “services”.
I was so lucky as a kid to go see many of these static test launches. Several times in school, other times with my dads work (his company was contracted with Atk) Yoh stand about a mile or two back from the site, it’s literally a giant concrete block dug into the Mountajn that holds in place
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Crazy power !! 1 solid rocket 🚀 booster thrust = 2,650,000 pounds !! The 3 main shuttle /4 on Atrimus rocket motors produce 375,000 pounds thrust each. So you need 7 rockets for just 1 SRB !!
Between 5000 and 6000 degrees F. If you look on the Google Earth satellite image of the test stand you can see a conical gouge in the rock downflame from the stand that extends about 400 feet. I would like to have such a setup like this but I think my neighbors might get upset with the noise.
Wondering the same thing. I heard of new tests of a mixture of nylon beads and some other chemicals and oxidizers (which is very polluting, Yuk!). Maybe it's this one?
Some liquid propellant rockets use Hydrogen and oxygen, like the shuttle main engines, others use kerosene and oxygen (saturn V, falcon9) or methane like for the new starship. But this is a solid propellant booster, and there's all kind of nasty stuff in there, including rubber, aluminium, lithium
This is solid rocket fuel, a mixture of certain chemicals plus an oxydiser in its solid state. To be fair: a lot of liquid fueled rockets dont use hydrogen as their propellant. Most of the time its some kind of kerosine or hydrazine.
What does category for engine test.. Whether seeing from machines stability , how much fuels for used , and then how much bigger capacity for freezing machines after launching .. Just only increase my knowledge about spaceflight .. Cause I'm very interests about these .. Thanks ..
There are a few clean burning rockets that use hydrogen and oxygen as fuel and only emit water vapor. But unfortunately there isn’t a clean burning alternative to solid rocket boosters that can produce the same amount of thrust.
Its a 3 2 1 banger. Note how it blows a hole in the side of the firework. Same failure points. Just without the Rocket Stick. And I did Write to NASA and they did respond.
Sad to see this much soot wasted in the atmosphere. Could've been used. But we all test for a reason. That booster is 2 +1 in my eyes. Cant wait to see it in action. Love it! - NOM
Michael Sharp new rocket, new mission, more reliability, first woman, first person of color, etc. Plus, it’s great to go back to the moon because we can launch from there to Mars and beyond. The Moon has 1/6 the gravity, no atmosphere, and it’s orbiting the Earth and going really fast. All those conditions make it amazing to launch a rocket.
