Serious question. How can a rocket produce 108% thrust? Isn’t 100% of something the maximum?
108% of rated thrust. Apparently pushing those old engines hard.
For all you folks out there that like to give 110%. See what happens when you try that $hit?
No. But at 101% you put on your sunglasses and cover your ears.
dear lurker,
I explain ... You find a straight road for many miles, with perfect weather. You stomp the gas pedal. The engine “pauses” for a heartbeat, and then WARP SPEED!
The rocket’s 108% is as a combat fighter aircraft has an ‘afterburner’. It’s not used for all the burn time, but it gives that extra push to get things started.
Obviously, the rocket failed, in that ‘pause’ to get going faster.