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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 18:14:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> That's assuming we'd use boosters, of course. I figure railguns would be more
> foolproof.
Rule Number 1:
If you make something foolproof, they'll only go out and invent a better fool.
:-)
(Actually, until the working railgun exists, missles are the only option, and
even getting teeny-tiny reactors for deep-space satellites takes an act of
congress as it is)
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> Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
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> > 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.
> >
> > 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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> --
> | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
> | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
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