FAST FACTS: Ares 1 Take Off Thrust & Speed

FACT: NASA’s Ares I rocket will go from 0 mph to 1,000 mph in 50 seconds.

The Ares I first stage five-segment solid rocket motor is 154 feet in length, and generates a maximum of 3.6 million lbs of thrust, which is 24 percent more power than one twin Shuttle solid rocket booster.