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KB2VXA > CARS 31.01.08 12:47l 25 Lines 800 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: VE3WBZ > JATO cars
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Hi Peter and all,
That's one of those "urban legends" that have been floating around for
years, I haven't checked this site yet but I'm sure you'll find the
rocket car splat is false. My information comes from elsewhere,
Mythbusters is one.
http://www.snopes.com/
Adam and Jamie reproduced the car and it took off alright but not quite
as dramatically. There have been other and official experiments with
rocket power and one driver commented "never again". A bit more reading
is in order, you'll find there is a difference between JATO (like the VW
bug) and RATO which was used in these experiments.
73 de Warren
Station powered by JCP&L atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
Message timed by NIST: 10:36 on 2008-Jan-31 GMT
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