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[–] tomiant@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This bad boy can fit like, SO much C₁₂H₂₆–type hydrocarbons!

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These boosters run on methane, not kerosene :)

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I just needed a cool sounding chemical for the joke.

Edit: Also, wait what? Liquid methane??

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

yeah, it's what lots of new rockets are using

[–] tomiant@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So rockets are basically big fart tubes. I get it.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago
[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

So the farts are trapped by giant curtains of water?