How many hp does the space shuttle has?

Question

Was watching a show called "How is made" n I miss the part when they were going 2 say how many horse power the main engine of the space shuttle has....(damm phone call...lol)

Answer 1

It all depends on who you ask.

37 million horsepower http://www.coopsjokes.com/amz/amzshutl.htm

16 million http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/StaverieBoundouris.shtml

27 million horsepower http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/sts.htm

12 million horsepower http://www.pw.utc.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextrefresh=1&vgnextoid=75a0184c712de010VgnVCM100000c45a529fRCRD

I've seen that same show but didn't pay attention to the horsepower because when they quote HP figures by converting from thrust or calculate how much is needed to move a given mass, it's very innacurate. There's really nothing that can measure over 5000HP. It's the same when they quote HP figures for large ships or machines. It's almost meaningless. These may make a lot of HP but they make an unbelievable amounts of torque.

Answer 2

Space Shuttle Horsepower

Answer 3

I think Space Shuttles are measured in 'thrust' (different from 'HP', which is calculated from 'torque', which is a measurement of twisting force...) So I looked it up, and found that the space shuttle at launch has about 2,800,000lbf (or pounds of thrust), and shortly after that produces, 3,100,00lbf (once the rockets get 'on the boil' and 'warmed up')... From what I can ascertain, one pound-force, is the equivalent force required to move one pound, away from Earth's surface, against gravity...

Couldn't find a "Horsepower" figure, sorry...

Answer 4

1,842,105.26 HP. 1.52 flb of thrust per horse power.