The secret to help the astronaut survive the rocket explosion

In the program to bring people to the moon more than 40 years ago, the US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) designed a shelter to protect astronauts, preventing Saturn V missiles from exploding at the same time. Go away.

The shelter is deep under the missile launcher, 12 meters above the ground, which can be a safe place all day for 20 people.

Shelters can hold up to 20 people

According to calculations, the cellar could help astronauts survive the situation when a 430m fireball exploded within 40 seconds with temperatures of up to 1,370 ° C if the Saturn V rocket exploded.

The cellar has a steel door that is 15cm thicker than the 60-meter Saturn V rocket launcher. In the 20-seat cellar to ensure safety for astronauts. They are provided with fireproof blankets and a special candle will emit oxygen when burned.

At first, this cellar was designed for missile manufacturing, not for astronauts.

The Apollo 11 ship went into history when it took three astronauts Neil A. Armstrong,
Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., board the moon on July 16, 1969

The Saturn V rocket is the largest three-tier missile ever built by humans. The rocket sent eight Apollo crews to the moon in four years of the late 1960s and early 1970s. To land, astronauts at the top of the rocket had to use a long-slide system. more than 110m.

Reference: Daily Mail