Quote:And that was with modern rockets. the take using ancient style chinese rockets had less whoosh and spinning and more 'BOOM!'__________________
Mythbusters did an episode on the legend of the Han Dynasty Astronaut... that is, the tale of an astronomer who tried to reach the moon by, well, getting his servants to strap a crapload of rockets to a chair.
Now, of course, it's obvious that...if this actually happened...he would have failed. So the question is more of, well, how badly would he have failed?
As the episode concludes: very.
Whooooosh spin spin spin boom.
The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. - George Carlin.
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