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[-] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago

The proportions are way off, you're never going to reach Mars this way. You only need 1 mentos per 1 - 1.5 liter of coke

[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago

you need about 18000km/s delta V to go from Earth's surface to Mars's surface.

A mentos+coke gets about a couple meters per second delta V.

no, you cannot use 18 million bottles, because of the rocket equation

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago

no, you cannot use 18 million bottles

Not with that attitude, you can't!

because of the rocket equation

"Equation esmation!"

-- whichever idiot Trump is undoubtedly about to appoint as head of NASA regardless of whether or not he is legally authorized to do so

[-] Cerothen@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

That's the trick, it's actually about advertising to increase the total NASA budget so that they can actually get some space travel done

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