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Lockheed Martin
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NASA
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Little known fact: the vast majority of 'smoke' you see at a rocket launch is actually steam. There are pools of water underneath specifically to absorb sound energy.
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Oh yeah I remeber hearing a little bit about that when I visited the Kennedy Space center a couple year ago.
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The BFR is supposed to launch next year running years ahead of LM. and be massively cheaper.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
PFC (Join to see) - LM just needs to step up Thor game on costs if they do not they have no future in launches,
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr - for sure that's been the biggest problem they and Boeing don't have very cost effective projects because I think partially it arrogance because they are used to having a monopoly on the defense contracts but I would have thought them losing the ISS supply contract to Space X would have been rude awakening they needed.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr
When you have been dominant for too long you tend to not notice the ground shifting o under your feet. Ask Blockbuster.
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1stSgt Nelson Kerr yes it rinoic that Blockbuster actually had an offer back 98 to buy this company known as netflicks because they were in financial trouble came blockbuster in attempt to bought but Blockbuster was so self assured that they refused now look how the tables have turned blockbuster doesn't have even a slight prayer of buying anyone out anymore.
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Great video, it's nice to know that all possible issues that affect what will happen are tested to make sure there will be not possible problems once in space.
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Definitely but also here on earth like the sound test is to see the durability of a craft upon launch to see if the sound vibrations will tear apart a spacecraft.
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