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This is How NASA Releases Almost Half a Million Gallons of Water in 60 Seconds
Universetoday.com ^
| 23 oct 2018
| EVAN GOUGH
Posted on 10/23/2018 4:20:53 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The system that delivers all that water is called the Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression (IOP/SS) water deluge system, and seeing it in action is very impressive.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: cool; elonmusk; falcon9; falconheavy; spacex
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Big plumbing in action! If I was any dumber, I could have been a plumber!!!
(Apologies to my son in law,the plumber)
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:20:53 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Seen it in action a time or two. That’s a bunch of water.
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:22:39 PM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:25:56 PM PDT
by
Notthereyet
(NotThereYet)
To: DUMBGRUNT
That’s almost as impressive as a launch.
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:27:59 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it")
To: DUMBGRUNT
That much water and they could use it to launch the rockets..
Remember the old water rocket toys?
To: DUMBGRUNT
I could use something like that to clean my kitchen.
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:30:40 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(..)
To: DUMBGRUNT
I have never seen anything like that.
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:30:48 PM PDT
by
TChad
To: DUMBGRUNT
Just for reference, a standard Olympic-sized swimming pool holds two-thirds of a million gallons.
To: DUMBGRUNT
It caused PTSD flashbacks to when my kids were little and testing which toys were a perfect fit in the commode.
To: DUMBGRUNT
Very impressive engineering! Now all we need is a launch vehicle...
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:33:50 PM PDT
by
elteemike
(Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
To: DUMBGRUNT
“You must respect plumbers as you would philosophers because ultimately neither pipes nor theories hold water.”
~If I knew who said it, I would give them credit.
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:35:28 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Use it the border or next Democrat Antifa event?
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:36:50 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
To: tired&retired
How many, “low flush” toilet cycles does that amount to?
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:37:17 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Great. Now I gotta go pee...
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:39:02 PM PDT
by
W.
(Boom!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
I could have been a plumber I told my plumber that he wears better suits than my banker; he said he couldn't afford suits like this when he was a banker.
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:53:38 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
If I could do it all again, I’d be a plumber. Albert Einstein
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:54:44 PM PDT
by
freefdny
To: DUMBGRUNT
I see massive pressure and volume.
Where does it come from and what gives it the push?
Curious.
The video shows the results but shows not how it happens, it’s mighty impressive.
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:57:15 PM PDT
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.,)
To: DUMBGRUNT
For the first Shuttle launch, they didn’t use enough water and the shock wave from the solid rocket boosters bent back the body flap on the orbiter beyond limits. The problem should have been fatal during reentry, but obviously wasn’t.
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posted on
10/23/2018 4:58:00 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Something like this happened to me once when I screwed up the plumbing.
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