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minus-squaretrxxruraxvr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoThe proportions are way off, you’re never going to reach Mars this way. You only need 1 mentos per 1 - 1.5 liter of coke
minus-squarecerothem@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoThat’s the trick, it’s actually about advertising to increase the total NASA budget so that they can actually get some space travel done
minus-square🍉 DrRedOctopus 🐙🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoyou need about 18000km/s delta V to go from Earth’s surface to Mars’s surface. A mentos+coke gets about a couple meters per second delta V. no, you cannot use 18 million bottles, because of the rocket equation
The proportions are way off, you’re never going to reach Mars this way. You only need 1 mentos per 1 - 1.5 liter of coke
That’s the trick, it’s actually about advertising to increase the total NASA budget so that they can actually get some space travel done
you need about 18000km/s delta V to go from Earth’s surface to Mars’s surface.
A mentos+coke gets about a couple meters per second delta V.
no, you cannot use 18 million bottles, because of the rocket equation