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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 02:45 PM Original message |
Upcoming NASA launch draws anti-nuke protesters |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. How else do they think a Pluto probe could be powered, eh? |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Exactly what I was thinking... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 08:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The anti-nuke crusade looks ridiculous under all circumstances. |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 12:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I partially agree with you. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 07:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Is there any other form of energy that can pay waste costs? |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Actually, the payback time for a home solar electric installation... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Do people decommission strip mines? Polluted ground water from natural |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-11-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Actually, boiler tubes have to be cleaned out regularly! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 08:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. And I'm sure the cleaning of the boiler tubes is an exercise is safety. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-10-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. NASA realized they were right and moved the flyby further out |
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MrMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 03:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. You may want to provide some back-up for that statement. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. The fly-by distance was increased twice |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 05:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Where does NASA say |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 05:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I think the concern was if the craft accidently entered earth atmosphere. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. In their Environmental Impact Statement |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The critique is pretty funny. It's "proving the existence of fish." |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-21-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. I found two crashes. Any others? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-21-06 12:28 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Apollo 13 was the most famous. |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-21-06 02:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Got me wondering what Apollo 13's RTG was for. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-21-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Yes, several |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-21-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. So now you are anti-scientist |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-21-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yeah, that would be me. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-22-06 06:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes it is you - glad you admit it! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-22-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Well, I'm glad that the "proscience" pro-logical fallacy crowd has kept |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-21-06 09:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. NASA had already irradiated the earth (and you) with SNAP-9A |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. CRYSTAL POWER! |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Oh for the love of... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
6. And The Anti-Nuclear people wonder why I think they are luddite morons. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
7. This will actually make the Earth LESS radioactive. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-09-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Or with a |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-12-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. But it blights the pristine environment of space with deadly radiation! |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 12:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. Here we go folks. The end of life on earth. All things ended. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Sorry, send-off scrubbed since... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Damn! Daily delays do... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-19-06 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
22. We'll just chalk this one up as yet another plutonium scare story. |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 12:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It will fall into a black hole... |
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Wilms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-20-06 03:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That's pretty much what happened here. |
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