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  1. The USS Enterprise is equipped with four steam-driven catapults 
  2. with an energy potential of 60 million foot-pounds.  With this power,
  3. aircraft weighing 78,000 pounds can be accelerated to 160 miles per
  4. hour from a standing start in a distance of 250 feet.