stackyFACTSNASA doesn't do anything quietly. The three main engines on the rear of the now-retired Space Shuttle combined with the solid rocket boosters to create 7.8 million pounds of thrust.
NASA doesn't do anything quietly. The three main engines on the rear of the now-retired Space Shuttle combined with the solid rocket boosters to create 7.8 million pounds of thrust. The energy output generated during the launch sequence was so incomprehensibly massive that, if converted entirely into electricity, it could briefly sustain the entire grid of New York State. Sadly, you couldn't actually plug a toaster into it.
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