Episode #1: Airplane Boarding / Hotter BBQ Fuel

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Episode #1 Experiments:

Screen Shot 2013-05-16 at 11.31.00 AM• What’s the fastest way to load 100 passengers onto a 757?

• What’s the hotter BBQ fuel? Propane vs natural gas.

Featuring:

• Dr. Jason Steffon, astro-physicist from Fermi Lab (Airplane Boarding)

• Dr. Alf Bacher, professor of Chemistry UCLA (hotter bbq fuel)

What We’re Testing:

• Dr. Steffon’s proposed “Optimum Boarding Method” faces off against various traditional boarding methods, including…

  1. Back to Front
  2. Front to Back
  3. Zone Boarding
  4. Window-middle-aisle
  5. Random

Exploding Beans• In order to determine the hotter BBQ fuel, we are blowing up giant cans of baked beans.