On: If Rockets Were Transparent [video]

[elteto]

Not all of them! The Merlin turbopump spins at a whopping 36k RPM!

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Merlin#Turbopump

[twicetwice → elteto]

Yup, that's what I was thinking of... I learned most of what I know about rockets from /r/SpaceX and related places! :)

[lutorm → elteto]

36,000 RPM is 600 RPS, which is still aways off from "tens of thousands".

[twicetwice → lutorm]

Oops, you're totally right, I messed that up. Too late to edit the parent unfortunately. I think it's certainly still impressive, though!