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I hadn't heard (or had forgotten) that SpaceShip One uses nitrous oxide and solid rubber for fuel.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the world's first sub-orbital tire fire.

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Date: 2004-10-25 11:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gwyd.livejournal.com
I was imagining it as a really weird fetish party until your last line.

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Date: 2004-10-25 08:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com
That too!

But mostly I get a giggle out of the image of Burt Rutan spraying liquid nitrous over a pile of old Goodyears and then tossing a match in.

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