NASA water deluge rocket launch system. Several hundred thousand gallons of water are used to prevent damage from the extreme temperature and sound from a rocket launch.
The water protects the new SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft, Mobile Launcher, and that one guy who took the Viral hot pepper challenge too far.
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More:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/water-d...launch-pad-39b
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2502#post96471
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...1059#post73677
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...8884#post88243
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...1787#post94713
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3598#post99565
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3368#post98869
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...3020#post97850
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...2755#post97064
