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Hey Space Placers! Tomorrow (3/11/15) at 11:00 a.m. EDT you will want to tune in to NASA TV to watch the live test firing of NASA's newest Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) . The test, QM-1, will last two minutes and be a full up firing of the new and improved and more powerful SRB that will be used to launch NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) . QM-1 SRB Image Credit: Orbital ATK As Al Shepard said, "Let's Light This Candle!" This will be something to hear and see as 3.6 MILLION pounds of thrust blast into the Utah desert. Sky Guy in VA - Home of Orbital ATK

Hey Space Placers! CHeck out this GREAT link and video   on NASA's new Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) for the Space Launch System (SLS). It has great info and gives you a never before seen view into making the new 3.6 MILLION pound thrust rocket. Sky Guy in Soon to Be FRIGID VA