Reply #164: Can you search?

[Sweet Pea]

Do a Yahoo search for "rocket sled testing". You'll get 833,000 hits. Go read up and educate yourself on these things yourself. Click on "images" for bunches of photos.

If you have google earth, find Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico or Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey and look at the rocket sled test tracks they have there.

Sandia's is there, as well, located southeast of Kirtland Air Force Base in southwest Albuquerque, NM.

They are all over the place and are still used often for various types of testing. Lakehurst's aren't used any more, but you can still see the test track in the sat photos.

What the hell....here's one link:

http://www.ejectionsite.com/safe_hmtt_04.htm

But really...you should learn to research things yourself. You are getting a reputation for being an intellectual lightweight around here with your rather silly questions and repeated "Why?" posts.