Re:Good idea for nuclear waste?
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If someday the elevator could provide significantly more reliable and safe passage into space than current rockets do, I would agree with you. I think the reason the idea of shooting this waste off of Earth has been dismissed in favor of storage in Yucca Mountain is that there is a much greater probability of the rocket carrying radioactive cargo crashing than there is of an earthquake or volcano breaking Yucca Mountain apart in the next ten thousand years. Also, the shuttle can carry 20 tons and this elevator could supposedly carry 5 tons. I don't know how many tons of radioactive waste we need to get rid of but I'm pretty sure it would require many risky space launches with the possibility of a crash contaminating a far greater area than an accident at Yucca Mountain would.
"Today's flight objectives are mostly NASA/data collection equipment-related - testing both the precision high rate data system,plut UV sensors designed to take ozone hold releated measurements in the polar vortex"
Who are you to tell him how to spend the money he earned? I'm sure that if he had spent half of his balloon funds on inner-city literacy campaigns or AIDS research inner-city children still wouldn't give a shit about reading and everyone that has AIDS now would still have it.
At least he is spending HIS money to do something that nobody has ever done before and that may serve to inspire someone somewhere.
Holy cow! Did you say this weapon could be used to blind enemy troops or others nearby? That's horrible...why would we want to do something like that? Instead, let's just stick to our conventional weapons. After all, you'd rather be dead than blind right?
So following this logic anybody should be able to get onto any airplane at any time carrying anything they want, because you don't know if a person wants to hijack a plane until he tries?
Having to show an ID to get on an airplane doesn't infringe on anyone's rights. If only people of arab descent had to show ID's, that would be one thing, but all of the white Christian boy terrorists you referred to have to show ID's too.
"the reality of life in the US in the 21st century is such that people need to fly frequently to practive many professions in many industries."
The reality of life in the US in the 21st century is that without ID checks and other security measures at airports, someone may fly the plane that you have a right to travel on into a building.
"If Cheney was President, Afghanistan and Iraq would be glass, and we may give the neighboring countries 30 minutes of warning to get away from the borders."
Actually the "kill vehicle" that is supposed to destroy the missile does not destroy by detonating within a certain proximity. It actually does hit the target. No explosives, just kinetic energy.
It makes me so sad to beat that poor monkey. Even when he eats stuff he's not supposed to eat (villagers, his shit), or throws my loyal followers into the ocean.
Black & White kicks ass
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If someday the elevator could provide significantly more reliable and safe passage into space than current rockets do, I would agree with you. I think the reason the idea of shooting this waste off of Earth has been dismissed in favor of storage in Yucca Mountain is that there is a much greater probability of the rocket carrying radioactive cargo crashing than there is of an earthquake or volcano breaking Yucca Mountain apart in the next ten thousand years. Also, the shuttle can carry 20 tons and this elevator could supposedly carry 5 tons. I don't know how many tons of radioactive waste we need to get rid of but I'm pretty sure it would require many risky space launches with the possibility of a crash contaminating a far greater area than an accident at Yucca Mountain would.
and beer
"Today's flight objectives are mostly NASA/data collection equipment-related - testing both the precision high rate data system ,plut UV sensors designed to take ozone hold releated measurements in the polar vortex"
Sounds legitimate to me.
Who are you to tell him how to spend the money he earned? I'm sure that if he had spent half of his balloon funds on inner-city literacy campaigns or AIDS research inner-city children still wouldn't give a shit about reading and everyone that has AIDS now would still have it.
At least he is spending HIS money to do something that nobody has ever done before and that may serve to inspire someone somewhere.
Holy cow! Did you say this weapon could be used to blind enemy troops or others nearby? That's horrible...why would we want to do something like that? Instead, let's just stick to our conventional weapons. After all, you'd rather be dead than blind right?
So following this logic anybody should be able to get onto any airplane at any time carrying anything they want, because you don't know if a person wants to hijack a plane until he tries?
Having to show an ID to get on an airplane doesn't infringe on anyone's rights. If only people of arab descent had to show ID's, that would be one thing, but all of the white Christian boy terrorists you referred to have to show ID's too.
"the reality of life in the US in the 21st century is such that people need to fly frequently to practive many professions in many industries."
The reality of life in the US in the 21st century is that without ID checks and other security measures at airports, someone may fly the plane that you have a right to travel on into a building.
"If Cheney was President, Afghanistan and Iraq would be glass, and we may give the neighboring countries 30 minutes of warning to get away from the borders."
And what is wrong with that?
So a person that would shoot 12 people wouldn't do so if it were illegal to own a gun?
It's already illegal to just shoot people right?
And you think prohibiting gun ownership would surely curb such violence...
You are truly ignorant.
Actually the "kill vehicle" that is supposed to destroy the missile does not destroy by detonating within a certain proximity. It actually does hit the target. No explosives, just kinetic energy.
It makes me so sad to beat that poor monkey. Even when he eats stuff he's not supposed to eat (villagers, his shit), or throws my loyal followers into the ocean. Black & White kicks ass