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The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« on: August 03, 2013, 11:11:01 am »


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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2013, 11:40:48 am »
Wow!

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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2013, 12:49:19 pm »
Nice post    Do those boosters fall to earth?

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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2013, 12:54:38 pm »
Nice post    Do those boosters fall to earth?

Did you watch the video???  :signLOL:

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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2013, 01:07:13 pm »
Nice post    Do those boosters fall to earth?

No, it was another planet just like Earth.

What a stunning video, haunting noises while the booster re-enters the atmosphere.
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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2013, 01:30:22 pm »
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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #6 on: August 03, 2013, 02:05:04 pm »
That's such a cool video. They obviously collect them then for analysis/re-use?

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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2013, 02:36:40 pm »
Great find Rich. Looks similar to the one we watched live a few weeks ago.

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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2013, 03:49:40 pm »
Epic.

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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2013, 04:00:24 pm »
Didn't realise they came back to earth. Great vid!  :happy2:
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Re: The life and times of a Solid Rocket Booster
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2013, 07:55:09 pm »
I was there for this...