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re: Went to a main engine booster test at Stennis Space Center today.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 6:29 pm to Janky
Posted on 8/13/15 at 6:29 pm to Janky
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Dumb question, but I thought we got rid of our shuttles. Is this for a rocket?
This is for the new Space Launch System which will be the launching vehicle for the new Orion orbiter, if and we we resume manned space flight.
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Posted on 8/13/15 at 6:33 pm to cdaniel76
Man that sounds just like crawfish season.
Wonder how many sacks you could boil with that thing
Wonder how many sacks you could boil with that thing
Posted on 8/13/15 at 6:36 pm to cdaniel76
now THAT is cool 
Posted on 8/13/15 at 6:42 pm to cdaniel76
I just wanted to see something shoot out of that building. All that smoke is like a boner without a finish 
Thanks for the video
Thanks for the video
Posted on 8/13/15 at 7:06 pm to cdaniel76
I went about 20 years ago when they let anyone go. We toured the museum there and then watched the engine test. Was awesome.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 7:09 pm to cdaniel76
That's really cool!!
Posted on 8/13/15 at 7:26 pm to Breesus
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Does she know how ridiculously creepy and stalkerish you are?
You should have been around when it played out on the board.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 7:51 pm to FLBooGoTigs1
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just wanted to see something shoot out of that building
In speaking with some of the Stennis workers, there was a test that had a catastrophic failure during early testing and blew up on the platform. Don't think that one was open to the public though.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 8:08 pm to cdaniel76
CDaniel - I took this shot a couple of years ago during a powerpack test for the RS-25... probably standing about the same place you were for your video but pointed at a different test stand.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 8:39 pm to cdaniel76
Went to a a test at George C. Marshal about 20 years ago, when I worked there. Incredible, how loud it was, and how the ground was shaking, and they actually only brought it up to 60% power.
That test was delayed 2 hours and actually ended up happening at night, I think they delayed it on purpose, Because it looks much cooler at night.
That test was delayed 2 hours and actually ended up happening at night, I think they delayed it on purpose, Because it looks much cooler at night.
This post was edited on 8/13/15 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 8/13/15 at 8:54 pm to cdaniel76
Went to Mexico last week, that video reminds me of my bathroom experiences ever since I returned.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:26 pm to cdaniel76
They use to test as many as 5 at one time back when NASA kicked arse.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 9:42 pm to eScott
spent a lot of time out there as a kid in the 80s. My dad worked out at Michoud and would work out there from time to time. He had a side video business he started in 1980. He used his cameras at work out there sometimes. Crazy how they allowed that back then. We would go out there on weekends. Drive right in. Good home videos from out there. The NSTL days
That's steam Fire hitting the pool of water
The Saturn 5, that was a mess of a cloud.
nasty
on its way to Florida
down the Pearl River
The Saturn V was bad arse
That's steam Fire hitting the pool of water
The Saturn 5, that was a mess of a cloud.
nasty
on its way to Florida
down the Pearl River
The Saturn V was bad arse
This post was edited on 8/13/15 at 9:46 pm
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:33 pm to Crawdaddy
That is so badass.
Posted on 8/13/15 at 10:40 pm to cdaniel76
At a quarter mile away on the west side of the A-1 test stand across the canal where the long shot nasa videos come from I have seen noise levels at 118 dB during testing. Startup is probably much louder.
Posted on 8/14/15 at 12:47 am to Crawdaddy
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That's steam Fire hitting the pool of water
The Saturn 5, that was a mess of a cloud.
For these RS-25's they said they were pumping 156,000 gallons of water per minute into the structure for cooling. That's what I call moving some water!
Posted on 8/14/15 at 12:56 am to cdaniel76
But but but all that gas contributing to GW, er climate change!
Posted on 8/14/15 at 1:12 am to Crawdaddy
The size difference between B1/B2 and A1 or A2 is indescribable without seeing them. Our route from the "Stennis-sphere" building to the test site brought us past B1/B2 first and it was huge. Then we got to the viewing area for today's test and I was like "that's small compared to that first test pad we saw" . We were about 100 yards away from A2 and the test was at A1 which was about a 1/4 mile away. Again, I had muffs on and it sounded about as loud as the environment I work at on a daily basis which has an average decibel level of around 92. Without muffs at the test site, it would definitely be pushing the 110's or more. The initial ignition boom was massive and shook the ground we were standing on.
All this from just one "small" RS-25. I couldn't even imagine the feeling and sound levels from a complete, 5 engine, stage 1 Saturn assembly, or even just one RS-68 which is used on the larger Ares and Delta IV launch vehicles.
This stuff is stunningly amazing to me.
. We were about 100 yards away from A2 and the test was at A1 which was about a 1/4 mile away. Again, I had muffs on and it sounded about as loud as the environment I work at on a daily basis which has an average decibel level of around 92. Without muffs at the test site, it would definitely be pushing the 110's or more. The initial ignition boom was massive and shook the ground we were standing on. All this from just one "small" RS-25. I couldn't even imagine the feeling and sound levels from a complete, 5 engine, stage 1 Saturn assembly, or even just one RS-68 which is used on the larger Ares and Delta IV launch vehicles.
This stuff is stunningly amazing to me.
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