Reality Check by Dave Whamond for May 04, 2024

The secret is out…

I was wondering whether it wouldn’t be more effective reversing the bottles, and attaching them to the rocket…

With the additional power, they overshot the Moon and headed for Mars.

What would Werner do?

Mentos? I thought it was pop rocks?

Darn budget cuts.

out to launch…

“The force you should use”, says Soda.

The Freshmaker!

HA! Busted!!

… and we always thought they used liquid hydrogen!

Jump starting a rocket?

Well, I guess that’s one way to do it.

Would have expected a more sophisticated Menthos-Delivery-System. Has anyone ever tried to optimize that?

Too close to the action. Someone in Nazi Germany thought it would be great cinema to have an olympic track star with a torch light a rocket. He disappeared when the rocket fell over and exploded.

I hope they remembered to liftoff the lids.

Space-XX

Granddaughter set up this in their big back yard far from the house … upon dropping in the Mentos, she personally rocketed away from the ‘lab.’

Shouldn’t those bottles read diet cola?

There was some anime about rockets where they actually tried this. Didn’t quite get the results they wanted but still very cool.

This is a memory bomb for me …!

I just read a story that a German company is using highly-refined candle wax and liquid oxygen to propel their rocket. Launched yesterday and it worked OK.

You gotta admit – that would save a lot of money on rocket fuel!

I drink a lot of that carbonated water that has a bit of fruit flavor but no sweetener. One day I thought it would be nice to have just a touch of sweetness. A pinch, a tiny pinch, of sugar. Volcano.