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To: mountainlion
If you read an atricle that said someone put rockets on a Chevy and made a smoking crater into the side of a mountain, yes.

Mythbusters Pilot Episode 1

Could a car with a JATO rocket attached speed up to 300 mph (480 km/h), become airborne, and impact with the side of a cliff?

BUSTED

"Adam and Jamie could not acquire real JATO rockets from the Air Force. As such, they used 3 amateur rocket motors of equivalent power to one JATO rocket. The rockets increased the speed of the car considerably. Although no speed measurement was made, the speed was clearly nowhere near the 300 mph suggested in the myth. The car also did not become airborne.


12 posted on 12/07/2009 2:30:18 PM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: Yo-Yo
The very first myth ever busted by MythBusters in episode one.

BUSTED

It is more believable than global warming.

17 posted on 12/07/2009 2:46:36 PM PST by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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