The Space Launch System is the Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built

Name: The Space Launch System is the Most Powerful Rocket Ever Built
Uploaded: 2023-12-11
Duration: 146927
Description: "We want to go far fast" says former astronaut and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, explaining that NASA's return to the moon will require a rocket more powerful than the ones that carried the Space Shuttle into Low Earth Orbit. The new Space Launch System (SLS) will generate five million pounds of thrust at liftoff, making it the most powerful rocket ever built.

"We want to go far fast" says former astronaut and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, explaining that NASA's return to the moon will require a rocket more powerful than the ones that carried the Space Shuttle into Low Earth Orbit. The new Space Launch System (SLS) will generate five million pounds of thrust at liftoff, making it the most powerful rocket ever built.