"Tami, John E" wrote:

I read a while back in one of my Shuttle books that the Turbo Pumps that
pressurize that Flow spin upwards of 300,000 RPM !!!!.......and use a
version of Mobil Synthetic for lubrication.......The equivalent HP reading
for the work load is quite staggering.......

FYI.... You can watch all Shuttle Liftoffs, Landings, and Space Activity on
your PC though using Windows Media player and this link:

http://www.broadcast.com/learning_and_education/science/space/nasa/nasa_tele
vision/

JET

The AirCraft Rotary Engine NewsLetter.              Powered by Linux.

http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/            http://www.linux.org