Last year several Clark Planetarium staff members had the opportunity to watch the DM-1 test firing of the Ares solid rocket motor in Promontory, Utah. I was there, watching the visual representation of what 3.6 million pounds of thrust (22 million horsepower) looks like and it was pretty incredible.
Next Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, at 9:05 a.m. [...]
DISCLAIMER: ATK Space Systems is a financial supporter of Clark Planetarium. They sponsor our IMAX Theatre through annual cash and in-kind donations. That said, I would have written this post even if ATK Space Systems never gave the planetarium a dime.
WOW!!!!
Thursday’s static test firing of the Ares solid fuel rocket booster at ATK’s test facility [...]
First, a disclaimer: ATK Space Systems is a financial supporter of Clark Planetarium. They sponsor our IMAX Theatre through annual cash and in-kind donations. That said, I would have written this post even if ATK Space Systems never gave the planetarium a dime.
I have to weigh-in on the last Ares booster ground test that was [...]
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