Comments on: Rocket engine test fire http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 11:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1675708 Anonymous Sun, 10 Mar 2013 21:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1675708 Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor with a really big weed burner, that's Just Plain Lazy. Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor with a really big weed burner, that’s Just Plain Lazy.

]]> By: dpamac http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1672625 dpamac Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1672625 If it's wrong to be in love with a rocket I dont' want to be right. If it’s wrong to be in love with a rocket I dont’ want to be right.

]]> By: Ed Carr http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1672594 Ed Carr Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1672594  http://youtu.be/9mCWv1axGCE  http://youtu.be/9mCWv1axGCE

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1672314 Thorzdad Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1672314 Is Bezos' group using NASA tech and advisers, too? Is Bezos’ group using NASA tech and advisers, too?

]]> By: rvernon http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1672237 rvernon Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1672237 100,000lbs of thrust?  Awwww...that's cute.  If you want to go all Tim Allen on this, try 3.6 million lbs of thrust. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBenbXJYF8 100,000lbs of thrust?  Awwww…that’s cute.  If you want to go all Tim Allen on this, try 3.6 million lbs of thrust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBenbXJYF8

]]> By: GTA_John http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1672196 GTA_John Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1672196  One of the Youtube links on that page takes you to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DariW4PUBOo -- it does have some sound.  However, "sound" is a somewhat relative term here.  During a shuttle launch, people in the viewing stands (about 3 miles away) were exposed to about 120db (where 140db or so ... don't quote me, use your favourite search engine ... is the threshold of pain).  Obviously, the closer you got to the launch pad the louder it got.  I've been around since well before Alan Sheppard and I never managed to get to Canveral/Kennedy/Canaveral for a launch ... though I did visit between a couple of shuttle launches and still have a NASA mug after exiting via the gift shop!  Anyway, even with the noise suppression water, numerous birds are killed during each lift off -- so it must get a tad difficult to carry on a conversation at normal levels.  One of the Youtube links on that page takes you to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DariW4PUBOo — it does have some sound.  However, “sound” is a somewhat relative term here.  During a shuttle launch, people in the viewing stands (about 3 miles away) were exposed to about 120db (where 140db or so … don’t quote me, use your favourite search engine … is the threshold of pain).  Obviously, the closer you got to the launch pad the louder it got. 

I’ve been around since well before Alan Sheppard and I never managed to get to Canveral/Kennedy/Canaveral for a launch … though I did visit between a couple of shuttle launches and still have a NASA mug after exiting via the gift shop!  Anyway, even with the noise suppression water, numerous birds are killed during each lift off — so it must get a tad difficult to carry on a conversation at normal levels.

]]> By: dpamac http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1672043 dpamac Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1672043 Agreed. That's a beautiful film. But for awesome, in the it makes me giggle because "OH MY GOD FIRE," is the static engine test of all five engines for the Saturn V first stage. I wish there were sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8DOXrhkHE8 Agreed. That’s a beautiful film. But for awesome, in the it makes me giggle because “OH MY GOD FIRE,” is the static engine test of all five engines for the Saturn V first stage. I wish there were sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8DOXrhkHE8

]]> By: GTA_John http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1671966 GTA_John Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1671966 Good, very good.  But this, to me, reaches *awesome*  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlz5u1OBe_c#t=2m38s -- I'm certain that I first found this on the NASA site in HD but cannot find it now.  Good, very good.  But this, to me, reaches *awesome*  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlz5u1OBe_c#t=2m38s — I’m certain that I first found this on the NASA site in HD but cannot find it now. 

]]> By: s2redux http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1671928 s2redux Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1671928 <i>For now, I just like seeing all that fire up close.</i> I am so using that on my next Date Night. Thanx, Maggie! For now, I just like seeing all that fire up close.

I am so using that on my next Date Night. Thanx, Maggie!

]]> By: Art http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1671923 Art Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1671923 Once again,  shot with my Uncle Anthony's 8mm Kodak "Vacation Master". Once again,  shot with my Uncle Anthony’s 8mm Kodak “Vacation Master”.

]]> By: kartwaffles http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1671916 kartwaffles Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1671916 Recorded on VHS, apparently. Recorded on VHS, apparently.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1671894 timquinn Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1671894 and the follow up about how the space race put computers into every home and office. and the follow up about how the space race put computers into every home and office.

]]> By: Brad Gall http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/rocket-engine-test-fire.html#comment-1671875 Brad Gall Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216907#comment-1671875 I'm looking forward to the book in the next 10-20 years that explains how the internet put humans into space. I’m looking forward to the book in the next 10-20 years that explains how the internet put humans into space.

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