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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 37 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

It's a valid emergency propulsion method and I'm sick of being told it's not.

One day I'm gonna save a space station, that will show them.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

there should absolutely be a shitty trash movie about this.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 1 points 4 weeks ago

I hope it's really techy talking about overall force, nozzle velocity, etc, but also soapy, so the audience knows what the main propulsion expert is fighting for ...

[–] Jyek@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 weeks ago

"if you nut in space, it push you backwards." - Griffin McElroy

[–] josephc@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

"CRANK THE THROTTLE!" "STOP CALLING IT THAT!"