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How big are your engines?
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Whataburger
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Boeing 737
Minimaniac
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Aw, that's not much. That's what, ONLY 70 GE-90's?
Minimaniac
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Space-Shuttle-main-engine
Each of the 3 engines on the orbiter generates 400,000 lbs of thrust.
The Space Shuttle main engines are very sophisticated power plants that burn liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen from the Space Shuttle external tank. They are used for propulsion during its ascent, in addition to the two more powerful Solid Rocket Boosters and sometimes the Orbital Maneuvering System. Each engine can generate almost 1.8 MN (400,000 pounds) of thrust at liftoff.
Each of the 3 engines on the orbiter generates 400,000 lbs of thrust.
The Space Shuttle main engines are very sophisticated power plants that burn liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen from the Space Shuttle external tank. They are used for propulsion during its ascent, in addition to the two more powerful Solid Rocket Boosters and sometimes the Orbital Maneuvering System. Each engine can generate almost 1.8 MN (400,000 pounds) of thrust at liftoff.
Colonel Savage
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What did the Apollo Moon Rocket generate?
Erlanger
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The two solid rocket boosters generate a thrust of approximately 2,800,000 lbs at sea level, increasing shortly after liftoff to about 3,100,000 lbs. So that would make it a max of 7,400,000 lbs of thrust.
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The Saturn 5 had 5 engines in the 1st stage. The total combined thrust to launch that rocket was 7,500,000 lbs.
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A biggie
First stage total thrust was 7.5 million pounds, as I recall. Five engines, burning kerosene and LOX.
First stage total thrust was 7.5 million pounds, as I recall. Five engines, burning kerosene and LOX.
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As you recall? That's funny! Who remembers that stuff?
BTW, does bagels and cream cheese come with that lox?
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Back When
My first assignment out of UPT was to the AF Eastern Test Range flying telemetry support for Apollo and other missions. One additional duty given to junior officers was conducting tours of the launch pads etc. Visitors especially enjoyed the "blow-up movie" depicting failures of early tests. We would pick up a NASA escort for a tour inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. These days, few visitors can get anywhere near the place.
My first assignment out of UPT was to the AF Eastern Test Range flying telemetry support for Apollo and other missions. One additional duty given to junior officers was conducting tours of the launch pads etc. Visitors especially enjoyed the "blow-up movie" depicting failures of early tests. We would pick up a NASA escort for a tour inside the Vehicle Assembly Building. These days, few visitors can get anywhere near the place.
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9 inches.
Oh sorry, wrong question.
Whatever. It really doesn't matter because I have a bigger:
- engine
- paycheck
- watch
Than anyone else on F.I.
Oh, and my car is cooler, my girlfriend and wife are hotter, my airline is better ( and yours sucks ), and even though I am a bigger A-hole I have better and more friends than all of you, and they don't just like me because I have a bigger boat, or better motorcycle, than you.
( Did I miss anything according to F.I. Rules of Engagement? )
YKW
Oh sorry, wrong question.
Whatever. It really doesn't matter because I have a bigger:
- engine
- paycheck
- watch
Than anyone else on F.I.
Oh, and my car is cooler, my girlfriend and wife are hotter, my airline is better ( and yours sucks ), and even though I am a bigger A-hole I have better and more friends than all of you, and they don't just like me because I have a bigger boat, or better motorcycle, than you.
( Did I miss anything according to F.I. Rules of Engagement? )
YKW
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PeanuckleCRJ
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YKW
You forgot:
"Mesa Sucks"
and "here's the deets"
HAL
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I'd say my Captain last week came very close to that number after a dinner at an Indian restaurant. The flight the next day required an oxygen mask.
HAL
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9 inches.
Oh sorry, wrong question.
Whatever. It really doesn't matter because I have a bigger:
- engine
- paycheck
- watch
Than anyone else on F.I.
Oh, and my car is cooler, my girlfriend and wife are hotter, my airline is better ( and yours sucks ), and even though I am a bigger A-hole I have better and more friends than all of you, and they don't just like me because I have a bigger boat, or better motorcycle, than you.
( Did I miss anything according to F.I. Rules of Engagement? )
YKW
thats funny....
