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Today I learned that Moscow has a giant exhaust pipe sticking out of it that discharges combusted rocket fuel mixture ... which is then combined with water vapo
by powertower 15y ago
Today I learned that Moscow has a giant exhaust pipe sticking out of it that discharges combusted rocket fuel mixture ... which is then combined with water vapor, turned into a giant toxic fume cloud, and spread through-out the city.
I would love to know the reason for its placement there.
- CapitalistCartr 15y agoTIL == Today I learned? (Edit) I must be older than I thought. I take from the downvoting this is a well-known acronym I should know.
- frou_dh 15y agoIt's a redditism
- xxqs 15y agoit was built outside of the city several decades ago. But later the city has grown
- powertower 15y agoI hear a 'In Soviet Russia joke coming on...
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- njs12345 15y agoFrom the website of the company that runs the facility (http://www.npoenergomash.ru/eng/ http://www.npoenergomash.ru/eng/) it would seem most of the tests are of engines which use a liquid oxygen/kerosene mixture - presumably not much more toxic than exhaust from cars..