My son and i just bought a scale model of the space shuttel at the aeronautics show in Vegas last weekend. It's rated to carry a payload of 80 lbs and fly to about 3000', then deploy the cargo bay which comes back down by a parachute. It turns out my son fits perfectly into the cargo bay and only weighs 65 lbs so he's been bugging me to let him take a test flight. I've already tested the parachute and it works fine so i'm not worried about his safety from that standpoint. But it takes quite a bit of gasoline to get a full launch and they recommend adding a mixture of ethyl alcohol to boost the fuel mixture. They gave us a video of a test launch and what I'm concerned about is the big plume of smoke that envelopes the capsule for about 10 seconds before liftoff. He can hold his breath for about 2 minutes but it has me a little concerned. Is that exhaust toxic enough to worry about? It's really just the same thing that comes out of cars but it's just there's a whole lot of it. Thanks!
2007-09-12 10:00:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
You are so obviously full of sh*t
2007-09-12 10:03:48 · answer #1 · answered by Sean H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
And the cold at 3000', the lack of pressurized atmosphere, and oxygen, well if you are trying to kill him one flight would do it. Where has your common sense gone?
2007-09-12 17:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by Pengy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heheh! You've got to be joking!
2007-09-12 17:04:13 · answer #3 · answered by Hawkster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if ur serious, don't let ur son in there.
2007-09-12 17:05:49 · answer #4 · answered by blk_tinkerbell_07 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋