Blubber28@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoDid you know that the soviets used to have a potato powered rocket?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up179arrow-down1message-squareDid you know that the soviets used to have a potato powered rocket?Blubber28@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCarbonIceDragonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoOne of their first rockets was a slightly modified copy of the German v-2 rocket, which was fuelled by alcohol. Unsure what the soviets made their alcohol fuel out of, but it would at least have been possible to make that with potatoes…
One of their first rockets was a slightly modified copy of the German v-2 rocket, which was fuelled by alcohol. Unsure what the soviets made their alcohol fuel out of, but it would at least have been possible to make that with potatoes…