[Adrenaline Rush]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldIYFciz-HM

And in case you're wonder how they "bolted" it down:

http://blogs.nasa.gov/cm/blog/Constellation.blog/posts/post_1250881650532.html

[StylinRed]

The Ares I development motor, or DM-1, will be tested at Alliant Techsystem's (ATK) test stand in Promontory, Utah on August 27. With a magnificent flash of light the 154-foot solid rocket motor will come to life, producing heat two-thirds the temperature of the sun and 3.6 million pounds of thrust from its 12-foot diameter cylinder.



damn

NASA's Ares rockets, named for the Greek god associated with Mars, will return humans to the moon and later take them to Mars and other destinations.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/index.html

[NSXRboy]

holy sh*t......... all that sand blown into the air

[JSALES]

crazy

[RRxtar]

in comparison, the saturn 5 rocket had 7.823 million pounds of thrust. over twice as much as this badboy.

[Eatman]

whoa, i wonder what was the cost in conducting this test

[StaxBundlez]

too all the ladies..

to answer your question, something like that...
=)

[StylinRed]

in comparison, the saturn 5 rocket had 7.823 million pounds of thrust. over twice as much as this badboy.

woah, why did they go for less thrust oO

[Euro7r]

damn insane. that's a lot of smoke

[t8v6]

thats a huge dust cloud O.o

[tonyvu]

holly fuck

[Volvo-brickster]

and where are the goddamn tree hugging hippies screaming global warming ?

[Jackygor]

running hella rich

[PiuYi]

that thing cat-less?

[Gt-R R34]

woah, why did they go for less thrust oO

i believe the size of that rocket is like 1/3rd the size.

[pandalove]

so whats the 0-60 on that thing

[spoon.ek9]

and to think, aircare is worried that my 1.5L engine was spitting out too many hydrocarbons. fuck you!

[Hehe]

Of being bolted down to earth... does 22M HP makes the Earth to rotate faster??? Or maybe we need to add NAAAAAUUUSSSSSSSSS

[pandalove]

Nice Ride whats the retail on one of those?

[maxx]

in comparison, the saturn 5 rocket had 7.823 million pounds of thrust. over twice as much as this badboy.

so? SL65 Brabus has more than that :P

[BLUETIGER]

kaameehaameehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[sil3nt]

now strap a car on it and you got urself the fastest car

[Gary Oak]

Nice Ride whats the retail on one of those?

More than you can afford pal

[InvisibleSoul]

I need one of those... no, actually, let's make it two... and Harry, I need it by tonight.

[[RSX-S]]

Talk about rice rocket... oh, wait...

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

thats a lot of firepower

damn

[Drift_Monkey]

shit... no wonder the earth's rotation is f'd up.

[pandalove]

god damn wrong thread :P

[asian_XL]

shit... no wonder the earth's rotation is f'd up.

22 million horsepower which is equivalent to the energy produced by 25,882 race cars

you should say no wonder we have global warming.

[misteranswer]

Yea but I bet you none of that gets to the wheel.

[!Aznboi128]

GOD DAMN!

[Gumby]

Ahh too bad they didn't have a picture/diagram of the test stand itself... Imagine you think it's bolted down, but it isn't secure... :D

[AzNightmare]

kaameehaameehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Definately over 9000.

[you!]

NAWWWSSS!!!

[hotong]

damn thats nuts

[Dragon-88]

Atleast they didnt go over the 3 minute idle rule...

[orange7]

a gtr can outrun this from 0-60.

Also, i think a ferrari sounds better.

[Adrenaline Rush]

Sand melted into glass...
http://news.softpedia.com/images/news2/ARES-I-Engine-Test-Scheduled-for-September-10th-2.jpg

[orange7]

good news!

i think my fart has 1/2 a horse power

[hal0g0dv2]

dam that is sweet

[ericthehalfbee]

in comparison, the saturn 5 rocket had 7.823 million pounds of thrust. over twice as much as this badboy.You forgot to mention the Saturn 5 had five F1 engines producing this thrust, so each single engine was actually only slightly more than 1.5 million pounds of thrust, less than half of this engine.

[Great68]

^ Not to mention this is a solid fuel booster, and the F-1's were liquid fuel.

The F-1's were the most powerful liquid fueled rocket motors ever put in service.

[ghosty]

isnt that for the shuttle?