New research on Hindenburg disaster

shegeek72 · 10-12-06, 01:40 AM

Did anyone catch "Secrets of the Dead: What Happened to the Hindenburg" on PBS? Was very interesting. A hydrogen specialist from NASA did forensic reseach and experiments, including getting some of the original skin from the Hindenburg, and discovered the cause of the fire WASN'T the hydrogen sparking (though it certainly contributed to the fire), but was the external skin that was coated with a mixture of aluminum particles and iron oxide (the solid fuel in the shuttle rockets!) that first ignited from the build-up of electrostatic energy.

For anyone who's fascinated by Zeppelins (like me) there's some great archival footage of the huge sailing ships!

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10-12-06, 01:40 AM	#1
shegeek72 WAV Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: somewhere in the Pacific Posts: 603 Downloads: 95 Uploads: 0	New research on Hindenburg disaster Did anyone catch "Secrets of the Dead: What Happened to the Hindenburg" on PBS? Was very interesting. A hydrogen specialist from NASA did forensic reseach and experiments, including getting some of the original skin from the Hindenburg, and discovered the cause of the fire WASN'T the hydrogen sparking (though it certainly contributed to the fire), but was the external skin that was coated with a mixture of aluminum particles and iron oxide (the solid fuel in the shuttle rockets!) that first ignited from the build-up of electrostatic energy. For anyone who's fascinated by Zeppelins (like me) there's some great archival footage of the huge sailing ships! --