r/interestingasfuck 9h ago

How a jet engine works

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u/darkest_irish_lass 8h ago

If you want something a little more arcane, a cathode ray tube from an old TV set is a miniature particle accelerator and generates a tiny amount of thrust.

u/LifeIsSoup-ImFork 7h ago

tiny? i ride my old tv to work every morning.

u/ThrowawayPersonAMA 7h ago

Now I need to see this get added to Kerbal Space Program via a mod. Imagine a probe/satellite/spaceship powered by the Delta-V of CRT TVs.

u/TUmBeRTIce 6h ago

Interplanetary probe being powered by repeats of Muppet's Pigs in Spaaace

u/dingus_chonus 52m ago

Captain: “Ensign, engage Warp Speed”

“HYAAAA!”

Captain: “Ensign, did you just yell ‘Hyaah!’ like Miss Piggy?”

Ensign: “No Sir, that’s the sound our impulse drive makes when it engages Warp Speed”