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Re: Global Warming (was: Re: Why is AIDS such a big deal?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 11 May 2000 18:07:12 GMT
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That's assuming we'd use boosters, of course. I figure railguns would be more
foolproof.
Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> > Heck yeah fission is cleaner. We always seem to be worried about what to do
> > with the spent rods - why not drop them into the sun? It's not like it's
> > going to pollute the sun or anything, and the canisters wouldn't need much of
> > a boost at all.
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> Booster blows up - you now have radioactive material spread over an extremely
> wide area. And to make the launch somewhat econonomically feasible, you packed
> it to the max. Thankfully, it took off from Florida (which if we recall, is
> going to be flooded anyway) and not Vandenderg in California. ;-)
>
> Bruce
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