[meteorite-list] OT: Summer fun with Bubbly - New Launch Vehicle

[moni Waiblinger-Seabridge]

Good Evening list!

Just ask Rob M.

He is a real Sherlock Holmes! ;-)

With best regards,
Moni



>From: Paul Harris <paul at meteorite.com>
>To: "Matson, Robert" 
><ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>,meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Summer fun with Bubbly - New Launch 
>Vehicle
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 17:56:14 -0700
>
>Rob's message reminded me of the new launch vehicle that
>my wife developed.  We call it the Ragu Rocket.  We have
>not compared other pasta sauces so feel free to experiment.
>
>Background...
>While working in the back yard I found an empty Ragu bottle
>next to the fence.  We have nice neighbors on the other side
>so the idea of them tossing it over the fence was out of the
>question.  We have squirrels, raccoons and possums that
>go through the back yard so I figured one of them needed a
>little Italian snack and dragged it over from the trash. I walked
>across the yard to throw it in the trash can and discovered 2
>interesting observations upon approaching the trash can.
>
>1. The trash can was close to full with an upside down plastic
>bag on the top with a rounded hole in it (vs an animal clawing
>or chewing it open).
>
>2. There were splatters of sauce inside the trash can and on the
>cement on the side of the can opposite from the wall I found the Ragu 
>bottle.
>
>My hypothesis is that my wife:
>1. Threw away a partial bottle of Ragu with the cap on.
>2. The capped  Ragu bottle was positioned upside down in the trash can.
>3. The bacteria in the sauce produced enough gas to eventually blow the lid 
>off.
>4. The force was enough to launch the Ragu bottle across the yard.
>
>Question?  How much Ragu is needed to reach escape velocity?
>
>Paul
>
>
>At 04:32 PM 8/11/2006, Matson, Robert wrote:
>>Sterling wrote:
>>
>> > But if you're dropping the flag right now, I'm breaking out the
>> > champagne! (Whoops, no champagne in the fridge.  How about Ginger
>> > Ale? That looks kind of champagnesque, well, if you mix it with
>> > 7-Up, it does, then add some Baccardi Gold... Hey! it's a
>> > SCIENCE experiment, that's all.
>>
>>And if you're into doing some crazy science experiments, try
>>dumping an entire pack of Mentos into a newly opened 2-liter
>>bottle of soda -- OUTDOORS!  (Diet soda is usually better --
>>the resulting mess is less sticky.)  For the most impressive
>>results, you need to design a delivery system that will smoothly
>>dump the entire stack of Mentos in less than a second.  (Like
>>the yield on a fission bomb, bad timing leads to a bit of a
>>fizzle.)  ;-)  --Rob
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