• All the talk of it being steam powered makes it sound a bit shit. I think he was using hydrogen peroxide to generate steam at a massive pressure which would have generated huge thrust without all the explody nonsense.

    Having said that, I’d be surprised if he was still conscious after that massive acceleration without a decent g-suit. Some things really are best left to the experts.

  • I think he was using hydrogen peroxide to generate steam at a massive pressure

    He wasn't. It was just a massive boiler attached to a wee projectile that had already suffered serious issues when it came to parachutes and retardation. It was a matter of when, not if.

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