I think there is a serious ecological threat for the native penguins. Can we risk a species with such obvious grace, beauty, and nobility? I propose that a commity should be set up to relocate the penguins from the crash site, as well as providing psychological support.
Okay, I can believe that there could be a combination of Al and Fe2O3 in the hindenburg. But as those that have played with thermite knows that the activation energy is quite high, even for highly powdered stuff. I would have a hard time believing that the aluminum in paint and the rust from the structural elements would concievably react.
I have an even harder time believing that the hindenburg was designed to leak hydrogen. Those people didn't want to explode, but they also didn't want to crash.
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I think there is a serious ecological threat for the native penguins. Can we risk a species with such obvious grace, beauty, and nobility? I propose that a commity should be set up to relocate the penguins from the crash site, as well as providing psychological support.
Okay, I can believe that there could be a combination of Al and Fe2O3 in the hindenburg. But as those that have played with thermite knows that the activation energy is quite high, even for highly powdered stuff. I would have a hard time believing that the aluminum in paint and the rust from the structural elements would concievably react. I have an even harder time believing that the hindenburg was designed to leak hydrogen. Those people didn't want to explode, but they also didn't want to crash.