I'm always amazed at how those big rocket engines, with all that heat, pressure, vibration, etc. do not just blow up but are actually light enough to fly. I see the bells on the Saturn V engines glowing yellow and orange and how in hell does that hang together!
I don't know how I could design such a thing, because my spidey sense says "it'll never fly!"
As for being an astronaut, nope. I quote Gimli, the first astronaut: "Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"
I remember at the time of the Challenger disaster, some of the other teacher candidates said "but they told us it was safe!" Come on, how could that giant flaming bomb ever be considered safe by a sane person.
My favorite technical book on rockets starts out saying "things that burn and explode" which in my mind is exactly what rockets are.
I don't know how I could design such a thing, because my spidey sense says "it'll never fly!"
As for being an astronaut, nope. I quote Gimli, the first astronaut: "Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?"
I remember at the time of the Challenger disaster, some of the other teacher candidates said "but they told us it was safe!" Come on, how could that giant flaming bomb ever be considered safe by a sane person.
My favorite technical book on rockets starts out saying "things that burn and explode" which in my mind is exactly what rockets are.