A shot from today - 3.5 million foot pounds of thrust

[Michael Slade]

A shot from today - 3.6 million foot pounds of thrust

Wow! BOOOOOMMMMM!

 

[DrMoab]

Whoa thats really cool. Been out there tons of times but never seen one go off. Is there anywhere you can fine out when they light them off?

 

[saburai]

motor test!

Nice shot, very cool!

More info?

 

[Michael Slade]

Nice shot, very cool!

More info?

Press Release from today's test.

Flight test is scheduled for late October at the Cape. Another full-scale static test is scheduled for ATK's Promotory location for June, 2010. I'll be there.

 

[Funrover]

Friggen sweet!

 

[Michael Slade]

Friggen sweet!

Thanks! Hard to believe it was shot with this little POS right? This is the same camera that Rusty-Ford got.

It's a stitch from 5 separate shots. :victory:

 

[Funrover]

Some of the best pics I have were taken on my point and shoot small camera

 

[78Bronco]

Hmmmm...global warming?:Wow1: or is it global cooling once all those little particles start block the suns energy from reaching the surface of the planet.

 

[gjackson]

In my former life I used to fix instrumentation for Thiokol. They invited me to watch a booster test on one of my visits. Very cool stuff. Same exact location.


:Wow1:


cheers

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Very cool Michael. When I saw this on the news I wondered if this was the one you were able to photo.

An interesting tidbit of info. Thiokol started building ski resort equipment and sno-cats, which they later sold to DMC, as in the Delorean Motor Company so they could focus on building toys for NASA. I think they made a smart move

 

[Michael Slade]

Very cool Michael. When I saw this on the news I wondered if this was the one you were able to photo.

An interesting tidbit of info. Thiokol started building ski resort equipment and sno-cats, which they later sold to DMC, as in the Delorean Motor Company so they could focus on building toys for NASA. I think they made a smart move

And...don't forget...they also stayed out of the 'Coke' business...IFKWIM...

I'm just sayin'! :Wow1:

 

[cruiseroutfit]

And...don't forget...they also stayed out of the 'Coke' business...IFKWIM...

I'm just sayin'! :Wow1:

LOL, I do know what you mean. But he beat those charges, sadly enough the company still hit the dirt. There is a new outfit running Delorean now, based in Texas building new DMC-12's and restoring older ones. How crazy is that?

Sorry for the hijack, stoked you were able to get in on this test. Just how loud was it?

 

[James86004]

Is this the Ares motor?

 

[proto]

Yes, it's the Ares I first stage solid fuel engine. It's going to make one heck of an expedition vehicle!

Next test is an actual flight to try out a full first stage lofting a simulated second stage. It goes on Oct. 31.

Space.com for a little video.

 

[Rallyroo]

Is this the Ares motor?

Press release says it is for the Ares I and Ares V.