What are the temp. pressure & speed of sound in center of TNT explosion?

Subject: What are the temp. pressure & speed of sound in center of TNT explosion?

Date: Thu Jan 31 20:35:36 2008
Posted by don
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Salt Lake City State/Province: Utah Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1201836936.Ph

Message:


I envisioned a James Bond scenario where an M-1 Abrams tank is stolen and 
fires a 120 mm shell at a space shuttle.  It is fired just a little too late 
and explodes on the launch pad just after the shuttle has taken off.  I'm 
wondering how high the shuttle has to be before the rocket exhaust protects 
the shuttle from the explosion.

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