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Liquid Oxygen

While in Florida I managed to get out to Kennedy's Space Center and if you get a chance to get out there it is definitely worth a visiting.

 

While we were there NASA was readying Atlas V which is to launch On November 25th and will travel to Mars to see if Mars really could support microbial life.

 

There are two white balls like this at the launch pad. they are kept well away from each other as the other is full of liquid Hydrogen and are pumped into the space craft right at the last moment to create some serious fire power.

 

When I saw the Liquid Oxygen writing on the side being distorted by the heat rays I couldn't help but chuckle that they felt it necessary to write 'No Smoking' underneath.

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Uploaded on October 27, 2011
Taken on October 12, 2011