Stellar Water Fountain

ktulu1115 writes "Space.com writes: An aging star that spits water into space could provide astronomers the clues they need to explain the formation of planetary nebulae, the cloudy remnants of a star's death."

Comments

a good point, actually

[tps12]

I hadn't thought of it that way, but it is right. People basically stop being productive around 50 years old, to my knowledge. Furthermore, as you point out, the only people who miss them when they die are their family. At the age of 50, the elderly should be forced into retirement for 10 years, at which point they can be painlessly put to rest. Couples should be bound to whichever date comes first, so no one dies alone.

We should invest our money in scientists looking for better ways to accomplish this so that it remains as natural a process as possible. Once we have the human population problem under control, we can concentrate on the important things, like the Martian Colony.

I still don't think space fountains are helpful, though.