[sci.space] Nuclear Reactors in Space

jwm@aplvax.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt) (01/18/90)

In article <9638@hoptoad.uucp> tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
}what I heard over and over in the mainstream press was on the order of
}1 in 2,000 of a major accident that would breach the containment and
}release plutonium.  Given that such an accident could kill thousands
}of people in the long term, that's nowhere near good enough.  If we

How?

Given that one made it back to earth at 25,000 mph straight down with
noone even noticing, let alone death, what are you going to come up with
that is MORE destructive?


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tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) (01/18/90)

Sorry, due to a personal tragedy I am unable to continue this thread.
If it's still going next week I'll resume from there.
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