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NASA Announces Enviromentally Friendly Jet Fuel
drama writes "From the Press Release: 'Two years of collaboration between Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., and NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., have led to the development of a non-toxic, easily handled fuel made from a substance similar to what is used in common candles. The by-products of combustion of the new fuel are carbon dioxide and water; unlike conventional rocket fuel that produces aluminum oxide and acidic gasses, such as hydrogen chloride.' Or for pictures and more info, visit the site."
Woot! I feel sorry for all the bees that NASA will be milking, just to make enough rocket fuel for the next launch..
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They should just fill it with coke and shake it then take the lid off sending it into orbit. Sometimes the simple solutions are the best.
Too bad this wasn't done in the 80s, the Challenger crew could have just grabbed the candle wick and climbed down.
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And it does make you wonder how many cars = one booster when it comes to total emissions produced... I'd say, a couple million, on top of all the heat waste you dump into the atmosphere. I want to see an environmentalist chain himseld to a rocket >:)
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Now they can launch their SCUD missiles full of Anthrax, Botulism, or whatever, and need not be concerned about polluting the atmosphere!
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You'd need at least two, so the rocket isn't unbalanced at takeoff...
How do you figure that carbon dioxide is any-toxic? It seems to me that all the ways it could hurt you are pretty obviously not chemically disrupting bodily function. For example, it could suffocate you by displacing breathable air but the same goes for water and pillows.
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Or it cuts the flight time from New York to San Francisco to about 90 seconds.
But how long before the world's salmon supply gets depleted? More short-sighted NASA tomfoolery.
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Sure you can use it to make your car fly. But just remember this: "What goes up must come down," but not necessarily in the same number of pieces!
It's not rocket science. Um... never mind.
Your're all geek dufusses. A jet is a rocket! Where do you think thrust comes from? Bernoulli over the compressor blades?
At any rate, if it can burn, some rocket has used it as a fuel.
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Oh please, please, please say yes.
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And then the ocean becomes one big bottle of seltzer...what clown came up with this idea?
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more and more convinced that overpopulation, more than anything else,
is the source of all of our problems.
Obviously. 99% of you fuckers have to go. Off the planet, now. Good-bye.