[HD 4K] For All Mankind - Sea Dragon Rocket Launch
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Published 2020-01-21
At the massive dimensions of 150 m (490 ft) long and 23 m (75 ft) in diameter, Sea Dragon would have been the largest rocket ever built.
The Sea Dragon was a 1962 conceptualized design study for a two-stage sea-launched orbital super heavy-lift launch vehicle. The project was led by Robert Truax while working at Aerojet, one of a number of designs he created that were to be launched by floating the rocket in the ocean. Although there was some interest at both NASA and Todd Shipyards, the project was not implemented.
Song: Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Sourced from For All Mankind Episode 10 on Apple TV+
All Comments (21)
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When Congress accidentally adds a few extra 0’s on nasa’s budget.
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When you get bored in Kerbal Space Program
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When you wanna colonize the entire solar system in one go.
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For those who didn’t know, this was a real plan that was considered. It would be manufactured in a shipyard, and launched from sea because it would destroy any launch pad built for it and the sound waves would tear the rocket apart.
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Who also keeps watching this over and over again?
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Just imagine being one of the sailors in that carrier group if this was real life, would be such a sight to behold
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The most insane part is that the sea dragon was almost a reality
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Britain when they hear that there's tea on every single planet in the solar system
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God I Wish That Were Real
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For those who did not study the actual design of Sea Dragon, this is feasible but perhaps with even higher cost than the Shuttle. Because it required a nuclear powered carrier to operate as an electrolysis source to produce liquid hydrogen/oxygen onsite, due to them being very hard to store on ships. The original design study even featured CVN-65 on its cover.
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I don't know what I just watched. But I liked it!
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"That's why they're launching it in the middle of the ocean, Karen" Karen: snappy Karen sounds
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Technically, in real-life plans, the carrier was there to charge the ocean around the rocket and not just primarily there for security.
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Now that's a big f*n rocket!
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I watched this over and over, thinking how glorious human race could be in 2020, if this really happened in 1983.
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I've watched this probably 50 times, lol. So effing good. And unexpected. I had wandered away from the TV when the credits started and then heard voices and just wow. Awesome scene.
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2 hours later People: why is there boiled/fried fishes floating on the top?
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Some random guy on the Aircraft Carrier: Damn, I love my country.
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Nobody: Me: DAAAAAMN BOAH, HE THICCC! THAT'S A THICC ASS BOAHHH
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Space X Starship: Her Sea Dragon: Her Ex boyfriend S.L.S. : you.
