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We have cars for earth, boats for water and planes for air. Nothing for fire. Not that I want to ride on fire.

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[–] NoRodent@lemmy.world 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't rockets vehicles that ride on fire (that they create themselves)?

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

By that logic, anything that has an engine rides on fire

[–] Rootiest@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ok but the return capsule kinda rides on fire when it re-enters the atmosphere

[–] sarchar@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sooo steam engines ride on water?

[–] LennethBright@artemis.camp 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, and a hang glider rides on air.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

The fire is at the vehicle’s boundary for a rocket, making the rocket a vehicle that rides on fire.