NASA Turns Down the Volume on Rocket Noise

NASA Turns Down the Volume on Rocket Noise
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 20, 2014 - NASA engineers recently went on an auricle ride as a scale model of the Space Launch System (SLS), including solid rocket motors, was fired - giving an "earful" of information about how low- and high-frequency sound waves will affect the rocket on the launch pad. When completed, SLS will be capable of taking a crew and cargo on deep space missions, including to an asteroid and eventually ... more

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