pyrotechnics
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Why Hydrogen Leaks Continue to Be a Major Headache for NASA Launches
NASA’s Space Launch System is powered by a mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. Together, these elements provide for a compact and extremely powerful rocket propellant, but these same attributes are also what make this fuel a liability.
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Couple Charged With Manslaughter After Gender Reveal Pyrotechnics Sparked a Deadly Wildfire
Authorities have charged a California couple whose gender reveal party ignited the nearly 9,186.37 ha El Dorado Fire last year with the involuntary manslaughter of the leader of a firefighting team.
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Lighting 200,000 Sparklers At Once Creates An Incredibly Satisfying Inferno
Video: The sparklers arms race just made a few hefty strides towards sparklers doomsday as the folks at JoyBlend doubled their previous record by lighting 200,000 of them at the same time. If you’ve ever wanted your birthday celebration to end in a gigantic apocalyptic fireball, this is how you’d do it.
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Lighting 10,000 Sparklers At Once Was The Best Way To Ring In The New Year
Today in “amazing ideas the internet had” we bring you an experiment that is without a doubt the best way to celebrate the end of 2015 and an even better way to usher in 2016. One sparkler is fun, but 10,000 igniting at the same time? That’s a science experiment you have to see.