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This Could Change the Future of Space Travel

Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.

This Could Change the Future of Space Travel

Season 7 Episode 30 | 11m 30s | CC

A lot of extremely smart and dedicated people pushed engineering and chemistry to the limits in order to create a 36-story tower of carefully-controlled space fire powerful enough to escape Earth’s gravity. I went to NASA in Houston to talk to astronaut Don Pettit about how they did it, and if we’ll be able to do it again.

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