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Offline Allan F

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Re: Mystery rocket scientists from 1969 critical of Apollo
« Reply #15 on: August 31, 2025, 09:36:21 PM »
Ammonium Nitrate?

Same stuff Breivik used on his attack on the Oslo government quarter, before he went out shooting kids.
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Offline Peter B

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Re: Mystery rocket scientists from 1969 critical of Apollo
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2025, 01:55:23 AM »
Yeah, it's all very well pointing to self-proclaimed scientists who've made inaccurate comments.

But can anyone point to examples of professional scientists (of any field) who've specifically claimed rockets wouldn't work in a vacuum?
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Offline JayUtah

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Re: Mystery rocket scientists from 1969 critical of Apollo
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2025, 01:17:56 PM »
The nominal example comes from the New York Times from the 1920s criticizing Robert Goddard. But the Times article never cited a source for its expectations other than allusions to common knowledge taught in schools.
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