
Feeling the heat and hearing the silence
The Naked Scientists Podcast
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Griffin Is a Bespoke Rocket Designed by Dyson
Griffin will be a completely bespoke rocket, designed around this huge motor 32 kilonewtons. That's three tons of force will be accelerating at 5g off the pad. We have to design special mirrors to keep them out of the airflow because the air outside is like 600 degrees C as we're going through it so fast. The rest of the rocket has to be designed to withstand these kind of temperatures. And now it's time for our regular listener Mike to say what his favourite tennis balls are. Do they recognise their favourites? It's a very topical topic isn't it?
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