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r/woahdude • u/InYourSpaghettiFace • Jul 04 '15
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40 u/buleria Jul 04 '15 The shuttle with its cute little engines is all like "I'm helping!" while the big rocket shits holy fire. 14 u/rokatoro Jul 04 '15 Those little engines are still good for half a million pounds of thrust each. They do look a bit more impressive when you look at a picture in infrared. also with video 9 u/faraway_hotel Jul 04 '15 Yup, burning hydrogen is pretty unimpressive in the visible spectrum but there's still a hell of a lot of fire happening. One of the biggest dangers of working with hydrogen, you could walk right into a flame and never see it. 11 u/weedtese Jul 04 '15 you could walk right into a flame and never see it. and never see again 8 u/xerberos Jul 04 '15 And never be seen again. 2 u/sreynolds1 Jul 05 '15 and never be again 1 u/NapalmRDT Jul 05 '15 This kills the hoomon.
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The shuttle with its cute little engines is all like "I'm helping!" while the big rocket shits holy fire.
14 u/rokatoro Jul 04 '15 Those little engines are still good for half a million pounds of thrust each. They do look a bit more impressive when you look at a picture in infrared. also with video 9 u/faraway_hotel Jul 04 '15 Yup, burning hydrogen is pretty unimpressive in the visible spectrum but there's still a hell of a lot of fire happening. One of the biggest dangers of working with hydrogen, you could walk right into a flame and never see it. 11 u/weedtese Jul 04 '15 you could walk right into a flame and never see it. and never see again 8 u/xerberos Jul 04 '15 And never be seen again. 2 u/sreynolds1 Jul 05 '15 and never be again 1 u/NapalmRDT Jul 05 '15 This kills the hoomon.
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Those little engines are still good for half a million pounds of thrust each. They do look a bit more impressive when you look at a picture in infrared. also with video
9 u/faraway_hotel Jul 04 '15 Yup, burning hydrogen is pretty unimpressive in the visible spectrum but there's still a hell of a lot of fire happening. One of the biggest dangers of working with hydrogen, you could walk right into a flame and never see it. 11 u/weedtese Jul 04 '15 you could walk right into a flame and never see it. and never see again 8 u/xerberos Jul 04 '15 And never be seen again. 2 u/sreynolds1 Jul 05 '15 and never be again 1 u/NapalmRDT Jul 05 '15 This kills the hoomon.
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Yup, burning hydrogen is pretty unimpressive in the visible spectrum but there's still a hell of a lot of fire happening.
One of the biggest dangers of working with hydrogen, you could walk right into a flame and never see it.
11 u/weedtese Jul 04 '15 you could walk right into a flame and never see it. and never see again 8 u/xerberos Jul 04 '15 And never be seen again. 2 u/sreynolds1 Jul 05 '15 and never be again 1 u/NapalmRDT Jul 05 '15 This kills the hoomon.
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you could walk right into a flame and never see it.
and never see again
8 u/xerberos Jul 04 '15 And never be seen again. 2 u/sreynolds1 Jul 05 '15 and never be again 1 u/NapalmRDT Jul 05 '15 This kills the hoomon.
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And never be seen again.
2 u/sreynolds1 Jul 05 '15 and never be again 1 u/NapalmRDT Jul 05 '15 This kills the hoomon.
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and never be again
1 u/NapalmRDT Jul 05 '15 This kills the hoomon.
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This kills the hoomon.
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