The Match That Lights a Soyuz Rocket...
NASA fires their rockets with an electronic ignition system. The Russians use giant wooden matches to fire up their rockets. The device, invented in the 1950s for intercontinental ballistic missiles, is called a PZU, whi...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/06/28/The-Match-That-Lights-a-Soyuz-Rocket/
