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Hi, my name is Jeff Bitner and I'm a logistics specialist on the rocket train

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This is Rocket Science in 60 seconds.

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Northrop Grumman is the manufacturer of the rocket boosters

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for NASA’s super heavy-lift rocket

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the Space Launch System.

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We are  transporting the boosters

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the same way we have for three decades – rail.

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The 21-car rocket train uses two engine.

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Each producing 6,000 horsepower to travel through Utah,

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Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma,

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Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

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That’s a stretch of 2,800 miles

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over three railroads to deliver the motors to Kennedy.

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These railcars are built to carry

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the immense weight of the 180-ton segments.

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It takes an entire day to load

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one segment on one railcar.