The Mars rover: am I missing something?
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From: Black Hills of SD
Originally posted by krewat
What happened is the same thing that Christie Brinkley is complaining about - BAD SCIENCE.
Remember the Three Mile Island accident? It released radioactivity into the water/air around the plant.
Guess what? If you were standing right next to the damn thing, you would have been exposed to LESS radiation than a standard hospital x-ray machine would give you.
Now, it's all this hocus-pokus, like no matter what, we're all going to live shorter lives because of this. Get a Gieger counter and check the radioactivity coming from the bedrock. Then, check it around a nuclear reactor - nothing different. Hmm... background radiation, what a concept. Someone else in this thread mentioned cosmic rays - guess what? You are being bombarded by them right now!
Anyway, too many people got frightened by it, and now it's an urban legend, almost.
Nuclear weapons, yeah, bad for you. Nuclear power? Almost laughably safe. In careless hands, it'll bite...
Do you know why the Galileo probes are still sending back data from the edge of the solar system after 20 some-odd years of service? They contain a little uranium fuel cell... takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'...
What happened is the same thing that Christie Brinkley is complaining about - BAD SCIENCE.
Remember the Three Mile Island accident? It released radioactivity into the water/air around the plant.
Guess what? If you were standing right next to the damn thing, you would have been exposed to LESS radiation than a standard hospital x-ray machine would give you.
Now, it's all this hocus-pokus, like no matter what, we're all going to live shorter lives because of this. Get a Gieger counter and check the radioactivity coming from the bedrock. Then, check it around a nuclear reactor - nothing different. Hmm... background radiation, what a concept. Someone else in this thread mentioned cosmic rays - guess what? You are being bombarded by them right now!
Anyway, too many people got frightened by it, and now it's an urban legend, almost.
Nuclear weapons, yeah, bad for you. Nuclear power? Almost laughably safe. In careless hands, it'll bite...
Do you know why the Galileo probes are still sending back data from the edge of the solar system after 20 some-odd years of service? They contain a little uranium fuel cell... takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'...
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From: Regina Canada
Self preservation as a species is why we have to go.Can you really put a price on that?Since the earth was created there have been five mass extinctions of whatever species happened to be inhabiting it at that time.There have been asteroid impacts and exploding quasars and now they are finding roaming black holes.It might not happen for a million years or it could happen tomorrow but it is going to happen,that is an undisputed fact.Mankinds only real chance for survival is to colonize other planets and that starts with the steps we take today.And like what was previously posted, that money is spent here, not on Mars.On jobs,materials and research and development.
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From: Long Island USA
Originally posted by willowbilly3
Ahh, let's don't forget Chernoble(sp?) krewat, we hear so little from you. It's good to know you are still around.
Ahh, let's don't forget Chernoble(sp?) krewat, we hear so little from you. It's good to know you are still around.
It was very un-maintained, they didn't care about safety, etc. When the crap hit the fan, no one knew what to do. That's not the case for US-built reactors, nor is it the case for other reactors built since, like in Iran. North Korea on the other hand...
I don't think the US ever built a reactor the way Chernobyl was.
By the way, do I know you? I'm still around?
art k.
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From: Chino Valley
I dont care how much it costs, or how many explorers risk their lives, I believe in the space program. I am sick of people who are ready to throw i the towel just because of a few minor setbacks. The space agency does have plans to have a Human mission to mars in the next century, I have a book that outlines the possible propulsion systems and craft to be used. Its all very exciting!
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