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xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas (imgs.xkcd.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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While it seemed like a fun prank at the time, I realize my prank fire extinguishers full of leaded gasoline were a mistake.

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (28 children)

So, about Project Orion from Wikipedia

In August 1955, Ulam co-authored a classified paper proposing the use of nuclear fission bombs, "ejected and detonated at a considerable distance," for propelling a vehicle in outer space.

Excuse me what the fuck

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Ah the 50s, when everything atomic was rad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

::Fallout theme starts playing::

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

"I don't want to set the world on fire...."

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