Do you know how much water is used after rocket launches?

You may have watched a rocket launch and seen how much fuel these beauties burn to get off the ground and gain altitude, right? What we don't always see is how those who send ships into space do to cool and protect the launch pad.

For the video you can see below was recently shared by NASA and shows how cooling is done. In fact, the clip was captured during a system test that was conducted at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to ensure that a release planned for the near future goes on schedule - and no unwanted barbecues roll. Check out:

Little flood

According to the information accompanying the video, the above test took place on October 15th, and the cooling system - called “ Ignition Overpressure Protection and Sound Suppression Water Deluge System ” or something like Water Protection Release System for Ignition Overpressure and Sound Suppression - involves releasing more than 1.7 million liters of water over the launch pad and the flame deflector.

The idea is for the water to reduce the extreme heat and energy generated during a rocket launch, and if you were curious, the water in the video was over 30 meters high - and the amount released (in about 1 minute) !) is about the same as that required to fill an Olympic pool. A little flood!

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