Why a lot water used when a Rocket Launching
Launching a rocket
is a massive project as we all know it
as a high cost event and also need a
greater power too, for example, a rocket needs 8.4 million pounds of power to
launch into space, so it emits a lot of heat, a lot of energy. These outgoing energies can have some effect
on the interior of the aircraft, the astronauts on board.
NASA is using water as a solution to this ; a large amount of water is released below the point where the plane is to take off actually just before the plane takes off,. (Half a million gallons of water per 60 seconds - enough for 6 days for 1000 people)
Therefore, the
water has to act as a medium for the energy of the effluent. So it has the
potential to reduce the output power to 142 dB, and not only that. This also
reduces the risk of fire around the launched pad.
As a result, as
the plane takes off, the viewer can see the clouds formed by the water vapor
from a distance. Not only water vapor from
external water but also from combustion liquid Oxygen and hydrogen which is the power source of the engine
Information translated from an article published in the internet
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