[meteorite-list] OT? NASA Radioactive Risks

2003-02-21 Thread geoking
Dear Listees: The following article is excepted from London's Independent. The full story (dealing initially with Columbia wreckage retrieval) can be found here: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=376682 In light of all the NASA and Columbia-related posts we

Re: [meteorite-list] OT? NASA Radioactive Risks

2003-02-21 Thread tracy latimer
undamaged and was later reused. This is the same type of cell used to power CASSINI. Tracy Latimer From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] OT? NASA Radioactive Risks Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 11:36:30 -0500 Dear Listees: The following article is excepted from

Re: [meteorite-list] OT? NASA Radioactive Risks

2003-02-21 Thread almitt
Hi Geoff and all, I will probably be over my head here but will make a comment. Those more in the know can set me straight. I don't know at what time NASA activates its small reactors but plutonium-238, if it is like the fuel in reactors that produce electricity, can be held in an unprotected