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NASA's Curiosity Rover Uncovers Trove of Yellow Crystals on Mars (gizmodo.com)

submitted 4 months ago by jeffw to c/technology

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[–] EleventhHour 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Also saltpeter and diamonds, and a giant bamboo stalk to stuff it all into

[–] Mostly_Gristle 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the saltpeter (potassium nitrate) is really the key ingredient here. It's the rapid oxidizer compound that gives your anti-Gorn cannon its boom boom. Without that, mixing all the other stuff together is just going to be smelly and disappointing.

[–] EleventhHour 1 points 4 months ago

yay chemistry!