On 3 Jul 2001, at 17:40, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> At 09:33 PM 7/2/01 +0100 Andrew Crystall wrote:
> >Salt Domes? Any IDEA how expensive buring waste under them is.
> >Monitoring them for thousands of years...nah.
>
> I think we'd only need to monitor them for a couple hundred years.
> And burying them in the far corners of Nevada can't be *that*
> expensive..... not compared to the space program.
Oh, so you'll only monitor it until radiation is 75% odd, say...try
telling the public that one and see how far you get! Also, burrying
the stuff IS that expensive, considering how much time and energy
finding sites and providing centuries of moritoring and security...
> > And let's face it...firing a little radioactive waste into the
> >sun isn't about to hurt it...
>
> I have one word for you:
>
> Challenger
Umm, Challenger hurt the sun?
Look, the space shuttle is a continuing WART on the space
program...it's holding us back decades..the great "miracle
machine" which is frankly so outdated, even THEN, that it's not
funny. Old, complex machines BREAK.
> P.S. Just imagine if that puppy had nuclear waste in its payload.
Yes, we need better delivery systems. And we're getting them...
Andy
Dawn Falcon
