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Ragnarok

Mon Mar 03 2008, 10:54PM

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Chris Russell wrote ...
What I don't get is why the control panels are always exploding or catching on fire. They really need to get some circuit breakers installed in that ship before OSHA finds out!

Well, obviously the blue smoke in the future is much more potent and volatile stuff than they use now - and circuit breakers? They do, but they had to tape the switches down 'cos they kept tripping right at inconvenient moments in the middle of battles.

Ah just ignore me. I'm a very silly person.

Backyard Skunkworks

Tue Mar 04 2008, 05:26AM

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Smash lab is real disaster... half of the stuff they do is pointless and or unreasonable (stopping a run away truck with rockets, c'mon). While that episode with a better locomotive front seemed somewhat reasonable I found the last two episodes totally stupid. Really, whos gonna buy a huge flame retardant hood for their house? Whos gonna have rocket engines strapped to their truck incase it runs away? What kind of building is gonna have a fire escape that requires massive rare earth magnets when stairs, a big slide or friction breaking is so much easier? I like the cast and the format but the things they come up with are nothing short of insane.

Ken M.

Tue Mar 04 2008, 03:53PM

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Agreed Skunkworks, Smash lab is just a show for demolition, but Discovery had to make the name of the show be better sounding then Cheap impractical destruction, where as Mythbusters was originally a show to try urban myths, or just plain silly things, that may have some truth behind it or not, but since It has became such a hit and since theres only so many myths that are out there and doing 3-4 myths a show also with some safety and legal reasons. They were able to get most of the myths that could legally be done on tv done and now its gotten to be more of silly yet comical show about reasonable things the a lot of people are curious about. Also because some people that might nag and ask well how is this done, or how does that affect the things under these circumstances, thats why they added the "science content". At least they try and do things that are little more practical, and if they have to go to a ridiculous extreme they say so, Like "this is impractical but for entertainment reasons we're gonna do it anyways!". Anyways Smash lab isn't too great watched the 1ST 2 or 3 episodes and thought the show was a waste of time.

teslacoolguy

Tue Mar 04 2008, 04:02PM

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i totally agree with you the 1st episode that came out on smash lab i watched the 1st 15 min of it and then swiched to csi. but anyway mythbusters do try to make it as scientific as they are allowed to make it and smash lab just does impractical things that dont mean anything like when they tried to stop a bus in that airated concrete i mean come on when are you going to find thst stuff in some intersection in some city and by the way it dident even work!

asabase

Wed Mar 05 2008, 11:43PM

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Their argument that rockets aren't reliable is BS. What they should have said was "rockets aren't reliable *in the hands of morons like us*."

Still a stupid concept though.

HV Enthusiast

Thu Mar 06 2008, 12:30AM

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asabase wrote ...

Their argument that rockets aren't reliable is BS. What they should have said was "rockets aren't reliable *in the hands of morons like us*."

Still a stupid concept though.

Actually rockets aren't that reliable. Just compare how many rocket failures vs. the number of satellites launched into orbit. The numbers are numbing.
Its a risky business. Even the space shuttle which is built considerably more reliable than a rocket, has had its share of failures.

Alex

Sat Mar 08 2008, 04:19PM

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I'm not going to argue that using rockets to stop a moving vehicle is a good idea, but I think you're making some invalid assumptions there. A satellite launch mission is far more complex (and thus has far more qualifications to meet to call it a success) than securely fastening some rockets to something and igniting them at the same time. Perhaps if they weren't pyrotechnics engineers using detonators and det cords, they could have gotten that part right.

Backyard Skunkworks

Mon Mar 10 2008, 03:59AM

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Mythbusters has also had their fair share of rocketry failures so far! Remember the ming dynasty astronaut episode? All it took was a few dozen pounds of gunpowder and some bad decisions before they needed Buster 2.0. And we can't forget the rocket car re-visited, they even got the pros for that one and the Ammonium Perchlorate engine still blew their car to bits.

Noelle

Mon Mar 17 2008, 04:47PM

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Today's xkcd is highly relevant to this topic!

Firnagzen

Tue Mar 18 2008, 10:15AM

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Dang it. I wanted to post it, but forgot... (sigh)

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