![]() ![]() After running all the backups for the night and signing off the checklist, I had an hour to kill before end of shift so clicked on the link and settled in to read the story with eyes hanging out of my head. Working the graveyard shift in IT Operations, an email from a coworker popped up in my inbox with a link to an obscure website and these words “Make yourself comfortable, it’s a long read but well worth it”. Fast forward to 2000 and I came across the story once again, but rather than a few sentences in yet another Darwin Awards news item, here was a detailed account of how it all went down. ![]() I didn’t think much of it at the time, suspecting it was nothing but an urban myth. I first heard the story in the mid 1990s. Details vary - but that’s essentially the gist of it. If you don’t know of it - the story goes that someone strapped a rocket to a Chevy, ignited it in a desert somewhere and sped into a mountain and exploded. The rocket car story has gained traction over the years thanks to Darwin Award social media mentions, and Mythbusters tv show’s attempts to recreate the myth. ![]()
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