Did the Saturn V melt concrete?

At very close range, the sound from the Saturn V measures an incredible 220 db, loud enough to melt concrete just from the sound. At 500 meters, 155 db you would experience painful, violent shaking in your entire body, you would feel compressed, as though deep underwater.

What did the Saturn V second stage engines burn?

The Saturn V Second Stage contained five J-2 engines. The second stage, powered by five J-2 engines that burned liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, was provided by the Rockwell International Corporation. Its engines ignited in fight after the first stage dropped away.

How thick is the NASA launch pad?

During a launch, it deflected the launch vehicle’s rocket exhaust flame into a trench measuring 43 feet (13 m) deep by 59 feet (18 m) wide by 449 feet (137 m) long.

What did the first stage of Saturn V burn?

The Saturn V rocket’s first stage carries 203,400 gallons (770,000 liters) of kerosene fuel and 318,000 gallons (1.2 million liters) of liquid oxygen needed for combustion. At liftoff, the stage’s five F-1 rocket engines ignite and produce 7.5 million pounds of thrust.

What is the loudest sound known to man?

The loudest sound ever created by humans, not by natural causes, was said to be the atomic bomb blasts over Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Those clocked in at around 250 decibels. NASA’s highest recorded decibel reading was 204 and that was the first stage of the Saturn V rocket. 310 decibels is loud enough to kill you.

What is the loudest sound ever?

Krakatoa
The loudest sound in recorded history came from the volcanic eruption on the Indonesian island Krakatoa at 10.02 a.m. on August 27, 1883. The explosion caused two thirds of the island to collapse and formed tsunami waves as high as 46 m (151 ft) rocking ships as far away as South Africa.

How much fuel does it take to launch a rocket?

At liftoff, the two Solid Rocket Boosters consume 11,000 pounds of fuel per second. That’s two million times the rate at which fuel is burned by the average family car.

How many launch pads does SpaceX?

As of 2020, SpaceX operates four launch facilities: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), and Brownsville South Texas Launch Site.

How many launch pads are in the Kennedy Space Center?

two launch
Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising four pads—two active, one under lease, and one inactive.

What is the loudest word ever spoken?

‘Quietttt!!! Miss Flanagan entered the record books back in 1994 with a thunderous rendition of ‘quiet!’ The shout clocked up an earth-shattering 121.7 decibels, setting a world record.

What is inside the Space Shuttle launch pad?

The launch pad facilities focus on the space shuttle. The white sphere stores liquid hydrogen fuel that will power the shuttle’s three main engines. On the other side of the complex, an identical storage tank holds liquid oxygen, also for the main engines.

Why did NASA have two launch pads for the Apollo program?

Built for the Apollo/Saturn V combination, the pads were identical and each had its own work force during most of the shuttle years. Though shuttles occasionally were on both pads together, the practical benefit of having two pads was to let one be refurbished while launches took place on the other.

Where does the smoke from a Space Shuttle launch come from?

When you view a Space Shuttle launch on television, the white smoke filling the air is really steam from those millions of gallons of water evaporating. The actual exhaust smoke from the solid rocket motors goes out the other end of the launch pad through the Flame Deflector System.

What is the water used for in a rocket launch?

The launch pad is equipped with a water system that deluges the mobile launch platform and flame trench in the seconds before liftoff. The water is not used to cool the structures from the intense exhaust, but to dampen the sound vibrations coming from the main engines and solid rocket boosters.