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NASA's Biggest Rocket: Thrust Would Be Useful Now

discovery.com (10 months and 26 days ago)

Jun 24, 2012

Taller and wider than the Saturn V, the Nova rocket was designed to generate 12 million pounds of thrust. Too bad it never launched. full story

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