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Burning $350,000 Worth of Fuel in 500 Seconds
Smithsonian Channel Pick of the Week
English - July 07, 2014 16:00 - 2 minutes - ★★★★ - 31 ratingsTV & Film wildlife monkeys jungle baboons birds goshawk photography high speed photography fish leopards Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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NASA tests their powerful J-2X rocket engines; burning an Olympic-sized swimming pool worth of fuel every second, this test comes with a hefty price tag of 350,000 dollars.