You see video of rockets with munitions in them like surface -to-air and plane mounted rockets and they seem to move so quick. Why do these massive rockets seem to move slow? Is it payload? Do they speed up as they reach the stratosphere?
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There is a guy on Facebook named Michael Seeley. He photographs all that Cape Canaveral shit. Him and Bill Jelen take the photographs and do those things with them that show you the trail of the rocket and all that. Very, very cool photos. Hit the follow button. He’s been on the front of Aviation weekly or whatever maybe the FAA magazine? One of them. And on top of all that, he is a super friendly, and super nice man.
Rockets have a lower thrust-to-weight ratio than missiles do so it takes longer for them to accelerate. Part of it is just because they’re much bigger than missiles but their engines are not as bigger comparatively, and another part of it is because it’s intentional: Rockets have sensitive payloads (like people) that can’t handle the extreme g-forces of rapid accelerate that missiles experience.
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