Launch recap and why the pad is flooded with water

2:03Um, and then second, I wanted to focus on re-entry, which is coming up in a few days, some of the challenges, and what we should be looking forward to. Okay? So, first let's start with the launch. We started with the space launch system, which um Lester created with LEGO cuz apparently that is the >> No plural. >> Yeah, no plural. LEGO is the plural. This is a video that was taken from a camera that was mounted on the space launch system. And if you notice, there was a lot of water that was sprayed on the launch platform. That's there just to dissipate sound. That's the primary reason. Like it also absorbs heat, but one of the

2:43main things that comes out of a launch of a rocket like this is there's a lot of sound, and that sound can damage the platform, and it can also bounce back and damage the rocket. So, the water is all there to absorb all of that. And all of that plume that you see, most of that is actually steam >> Interesting. >> from that rocket. >> Interesting. >> And I think I think it's it's really cool to see that vantage point because we didn't see this live, but now we're getting to see this, you know, sort of after the data's come come back. >> Yes. >> Very, very cool. So, it launched into space out of complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. And the second video that we have, we're showing the separation of the solid rocket boosters, which are

3:24these white two things on either end. It looks kind of like the space shuttle >> Yes. >> minus the actual space shuttle, but this is how you would launch. And there the solid rocket boosters are separating, and the main stage is still firing to get us into the high Earth orbit. Okay? Once we do that this was all within That was about 8 and 1/2 minutes after launch. >> Okay. >> Okay? At about 8 and 1/2 minutes after launch