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Originally Posted by redpoint5
That is crazy... a fuel pump that is 71,140 horsepower. It must be moving a swimming pool amount of fuel in a minute or something.
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The Shuttle burned 535,000 gallons of liquid fuel in a little less than 9 minutes.
According to NASA, each pump (there were 3) would drain a swimming pool in 28 seconds.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshal...r/ssme_11.html
The High Pressure Pump (HPLT) was fed by a Low Pressure Pump (LPLT) The LPLT pressurized the fuel to 275 psi and then HPLT increased that to 6515 psi.
Full story here:
https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle...p/engines.html