The Most Powerful Rocket Motor Ever Tested & Why it Never Made it to the Moon?

Go to https://ground.news/droid to access data-driven information from around the world. Subscribe through my link to get 50% off the Vantage plan for unlimited access. In 1965 the most powerful Solid Rocket Motor ever built was created by Aerojet and tested by NASA as a backup to the F-1 engine for the Saturn V. It had a thrust 3.5 times that of the F-1 and yet it was never used, but it's successor nearly 20 years later provided 85% of the thrust for the space shuttle. This is the story of the Solid Rocket Motors and why we won't see the very largest of these in the future. Written researched and presented by Paul Shillito Images and footage : SpaceX, NASA, Morten Schultz - Hunting and outdoor, Aerojet, Thiokol To give one off tips and donations please use the following : https://www.buymeacoffee.com/curiousdroid or paypal.me/curiousdroid And a big thanks go to our Patreons for the on going support. https://www.patreon.com/curiousdroid Eριχθόνιος JL Adriaan von Grobbe Alex K Alipasha Sadri Andrew Gaess Andrew Smith Bengt Stromberg Brian Kelly Carl Soderstrom Charles Thacker Chris Senn Daniel Armer erik ahrsjo Florian Muller George Bishop II Glenn Dickinson Jesse Postier John A Cooper John Michaelson Ken Schwarz L D László Antal Lorne Diebel Mark Heslop Patrick M Brennan Paul Freed Paul Shutler Peter Engrav Robert Sanges Ryan Emmenegger stefan hufenbach Steve Ehrmann Steve J - LakeCountySpacePort tesaft Tyron Muenzer