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Topic:	[Discuss] Blue Origin New Glenn orbital rocket

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B]A successful hot fire for New Glenn! From Dave Limp, Blue Origin CEO ([URL=https://x.com/davill/status/1868657190346862698]via X[/URL]): <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Well, all we have left to do is mate our encapsulated payload... and then LAUNCH! Congrats to the many Blue folks on today's test. Big day for our seven BE-4 engines, simultaneously firing for the first time for 24 seconds. Get this – a single BE-4 turbopump can fit in the backseat of a car. When all seven pump fuel and oxygen from the BE-4's common shaft, they produce enough horsepower to propel two Nimitz-class aircraft carriers at full tilt. The launch pad is the harshest environment for a vehicle, experiencing intense shaking from full engine thrust across the entire spectrum. To mitigate this, our water tower, one of the tallest in the world at 353 feet, plays a crucial role—storing water that is piped into the flame deflector, the launch table, and across the launch pad deck, providing thermal protection, and dampening as much acoustic energy as possible during liftoff. Our water deluge system expels around 400,000 gal/min during launch, with a good portion quickly turning into steam.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/blue_origin_new_glenn_first_hot_fire02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/blue_origin_new_glenn_first_hot_fire02.jpg" width="400" height="711" border="0"></a></center>[/B][/QUOTE]
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