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Photo: Ares rocket's 'shock egg' in mind-blowing clarity
dvice.com - 28 days ago
Photo: Ares rocket's 'shock egg' in mind-blowing clarity
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Oh boy, I was waiting for this. Whenever NASA has a launch , there's always some cool photography to follow. What you're looking at is called a "shock egg," or the Prandtl-Glauert singularity , or a shockwave that compresses air and forces the vapor out of it. You see this kind of stuff a ...
boston.com - 28 days ago
Launch of the Ares I
— boston.com — On Wednesday, October 28th, NASA launched its Ares I-X prototype vehicle, the first launch from Kennedy's pads... of a vehicle other than the space shuttle since the Apollo Program's Saturn rockets were retired. NASA's Constellation Program's ... (more) Launch of the Ares I
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NASA's Ares Rocket Breaking Sound Barrier
Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome — ... Hell yes, shock egg. Now tell me -- which do you think came first: the supersonic chicken or the shock egg? Trick question! Dinosaurs. Ares rocket's 'shock egg' in mind-blowing clarity [dvice]

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