Have already read this before and was interesting.

I did some research and inquiry and found out you can in fact get florine gas....and they can even compress it in tanks if you want.

Derek Lowe would never work with it, but this wikipedia page [1] lists 4 rocket propellant choices that contain F2O2 as the oxydizer.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_rocket_propellant#Bipro...

Ah, good ol' FOOF: the chemical with the convenient name-synchronicity to what it will do to you!

Ah yes, FOOF. The last sound you hear before you melt, explode, blow up, and disassociate at a molecular level.

Relevant https://what-if.xkcd.com/40/

FOOF, not to be confused with F00F (a bug in the Pentium which allowed unprivileged processes to lock up the system): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_F00F_bug

I love Derek Lowe's writing. I think I've read most of his articles but this series is my favorite.

2010 being 15 years ago is making me feel pretty ancient.

FOOF-sulfur rocket engine would be fun.