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We’re right under the flight path for the scheduled orbital launch, but don’t worry–it’s too cold out for the rockets to operate safely, so I’m sure they’ll postpone.

  • ElderWendigo
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    6 months ago

    Armchair pseudo-scientific thinking like this was why Mythbusters became so popular. They even devoted at least one episode to this very myth. Spoiler, hydrogen wasn’t what made that particular lead ballon unsafe.

    • Birch
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      6 months ago

      I didn’t particularly like that episode because they didn’t do another control test and just called it a day