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Just how long does it take to cool a reactor?
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostCheers for the facts, always good to know !While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostLOL !
Well, I'd like to hope that we can pretty much guarantee to hit the Sun, which is in our solar system and therefore ours.
As for littering someone else's patch, the nearest star is about 4.2ly away, and would take approx 40,000 years at current tech to reach, and there are no planets there.
Going further afield, the nearest extrasolar planet from earth is Epsilon Eridani B and it is about 10.5 light years from Earth. 100,000 years at current tech level to get there is a top end guess.
However... Epsilon Eridani B has not been verified 100% and remains unconfirmed due to the heavy magnetic field associated with that star system (which interferes with radial velocity measurements). If Epsilon Eridani B is not our nearest planetary neighbor, then that honor falls to the 3 planet system detected at Gilese 876 about 15 light years from our planet.
Still, that's assuming we cannot point and fire a rocket in to the biggest thing in the sky.
As AtW said if we were exploring other worlds the first thing to go up would be a Tesco Metro though.Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by doodab View PostI guess when you have several hundred tonnes of it, it's somewhat less benign.
Some interesting reading here. The Future of Nuclear Power: In-Depth ReportsComment
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostLOL !
Well, I'd like to hope that we can pretty much guarantee to hit the Sun, which is in our solar system and therefore ours.
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View PostYou are ignoring the fact that there is a 50/50 chance that the stuff will land at night. So it wont be destroyed and it could be a danger to future manned expeditions
Coffee / keyboard moment of the day (C.K.M.O.T.D.)Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.Comment
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostLOL !
Well, I'd like to hope that we can pretty much guarantee to hit the Sun...
Check out how long NASA have taken to get a probe to orbit Mercury (the nearest planet to the Sun) with the Messanger probe. Hitting the sun isn't easy.
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