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Oh my gid, do you understand that these rockets carry Millions of liters of fuel? Thats the energy of a small nuclear bomb. Unlike planes, they carry oxidiser
by ClumsyPilot 5y ago
Oh my gid, do you understand that these rockets carry Millions of liters of fuel? Thats the energy of a small nuclear bomb.
Unlike planes, they carry oxidiser and fuel, so they do not burn, they detonate. Minimal safe exclusion zone is measured in square miles!
Simpler? The fuel is chilled 2/3 of the way to absolute zero, and the engines are at several thousand degrees. Tiny manufacturing error and everyone dies.
- mlindner 5y ago> Unlike planes, they carry oxidiser and fuel, so they do not burn, they detonate. This isn't true. They cause a conflagration. They do not detonate. The fuel and oxidizer are not well mixed.
- ncmncm 5y agoIt can be quite hard to tell the difference, particularly from on board, moreso if you are dead.