• pelya@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    This is a single-component rocket fuel, which means the rocket will not explode in a huge slow-burning red fireball, but detonate like a nuclear explosion, minimal visual effects but maximum shockwave, and a mushroom cloud of vapor.

  • Gordon Calhoun@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    N6 would not burn with a flame: it’s just a burst of energy that generates a large volume [of gas] – so a lot of thrust, and it is non-corrosive

    Reminds me of the time I ran a 100m dash 30 minutes after eating a kilo of Taco Bell.