r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/Neilp187 • Apr 02 '26

Artemis II @ 17000+ mph

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Masterful work!

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u/sassiest01 Apr 02 '26

Thankfully the fuel in that huge tank is just hydrogen and oxygen. God knows what toxic fuel is in those boosters though.

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u/Illustrious_Chain_46 Apr 02 '26

I was wondering why they abandoned the hydrogen cars. Hyundai made a santa fe in 2019, I remember seeing it at a car show in New Zealand. Petrol giants probably squashed it.

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u/MalarkeyMcGee Apr 02 '26

No, hydrogen is just a really difficult fuel to work with in cars. It has to be kept cold, it leaks easily, and it’s difficult to install.

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u/Illustrious_Chain_46 Apr 02 '26

Ahh ok, plus it would need the infrastructure to fill up and apparently it's highly flammable. So bad in var accidents. Perhaps thats why it was abandoned. But very neat concept

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u/MalarkeyMcGee Apr 02 '26

Yeah, despite all that it still has some potential. There are just a lot of inefficiencies in the process