Kablam! Watch NASA Crush a SLS Megarocket Fuel Tank Until It Explodes (Video)

[Admin]

Last week (Dec. 5), NASA engineers purposefully exploded a test version of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's propellant tank.

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[chemengr_wvu]

NASA didn't "Crush" anything. If anything, the tank was ripped apart under tensile force and internal nitrogen pressure. It was basically the worlds largest Instron machine, tearing the tank apart.

 

[Bruzote]

That looks like my shirt after a July Fourth BBQ.