You can slip past the first few minutes, but then there is some outrageous stuff. I wonder how many mach diamonds the shuttle can emit? There'd be a whole long string of them at one point...
Absolutely stunning video - thanks for the posting John.
VERY Cool video.
Thanks
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Gotta love it when NASA launches a cluster of 2 solid and 3 liquid ZD motors!!!!!
...Assuming that a ZA = 2 Z motors, ZB = 2 ZAs, etc...
Z motor = 41,943,040 - 83,886,080 N-s
ZA motor = 83,886,080 - 167,772,160 N-s
ZB motor = 166,772,160 - 335,544,320 N-s
ZC motor = 335,544,320 N-s - 671,088,640 N-s
ZD motor = 671,088,640 N-s - 1,342,177,280 N-s
RSRM total impulse ~= 1,300,000,000 N-s
SSME total impulse ~= 1,016,000,000 N-s
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