[HN Gopher] Sand Won't Save You This Time (2008) ___________________________________________________________________ Sand Won't Save You This Time (2008) Author : Tomte Score : 49 points Date : 2021-10-26 11:08 UTC (11 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.science.org) (TXT) w3m dump (www.science.org) | dredmorbius wrote: | There are a number of submissions relating to the author and | their blog, though from numerous sources. Informative, | entertaining, and cautionary. | | https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... | PaulDavisThe1st wrote: | I was hoping that maybe this was somehow about Dune. | perihelions wrote: | Well, this spicy stuff is also an interplanetary spaceship | propellant, and prolonged exposure to the gaseous form will | certainly mutate you. | JoshTriplett wrote: | Also see Ignition, a book on the history of rocket fuel | development, which is a _great_ read: | https://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/ignition.pd... | Analemma_ wrote: | I don't know if anyone has confirmed this explicitly, but it's | a likely assumption that _Ignition!_ went back in to print | after many years of unavailability precisely because of all the | interest stirred up by this post. | AceJohnny2 wrote: | This is from Derek Lowe's blog "In The Pipeline" on the | pharmaceutical industry via chemistry, and it's the best. | | It's bounced around a couple hosts over the years, and sadly this | latest incarnation on science.org doesn't preserve the tags from | the original. | | Nevertheless, look up "Derek Lowe things I won't work with" for a | great and hilarious series of posts on "fun" chemicals. | | For example: | | * Peroxide Peroxides: | | https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor... | | * Dioxygen Difluoride, or FOOF to its frenemies (let's put the | two strongest oxidants together just for fun): | | https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor... | | * Triazadienyl Fluoride: | | https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-wor... ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-10-26 23:00 UTC)