As stated in the wiki, Bob and Joy are facing federal charges for 
selling chemicals that the Consumer Products Safety Commission has 
pronounced illegal.

According to their "United Nuclear" website, those chemicals are 
necessary for the production of their hydrogen-powered automobile 
conversion. The website also states that Joy works in "customer service".

Whatever the true facts are about Bob, it sure seems like he has led an 
interesting life over the past 25 years or so. His interests and 
capabilities are pretty diverse, as appearances go.

Sort of like a cross between P.T. Barnum and Howard Hughes...;)

Will



In article <1152337348.672193.56600@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
 miso@sushi.com wrote:

wilbilt2@syix.com wrote:

Articles I have read indicate the Desert Blast events are annual, and
began about 1987. It is also stated that Bob is one of the founders, and
the whole thing was his idea.

As for the fuel supposedly donated by NASA, I don't know if this was a
one-time thing or if it is recurring.

It seems to me a bunch of crazies descending on the desert with tons of
pyrotechnics and explosives would have to be extremely illegal at the
least...

Will



In article <1152246206.649726.227130@s53g2000cws.googlegroups.com>,
 miso@sushi.com wrote:

What was the timing of the Desert Blast events relative to this event?

Well the trick was they didn't ask permission. If you try to hold an
event, the BLM will insist you have insurance, etc. I'm not so sure
NASA would give them chemicals as they wouldn't want the liability, but
it seems people have no problem making explosives on their own. My
understand is some of the attendees did special effects in Hollywood,
so they would know how to get what they need.

If the event wasn't well known and not advertised, the base probably
didn't know what Lazar was up to.

Buying chemicals can be interesting as there is much federal tracking.
I haven't bought any chemicals, but have bought items in chemical
supply shops such as bottles that I've used for photochemicals, and
incredibly overpriced parts for my microscope. Anyway, they will sell
you some nasty stuff as long as they log who buys it.

I was reading the environmental reports on Divine Strake, and the basic
fuel is just some Chevron diesel.