Comments on: Misinformation http://justorb.com/2010/04/07/misinformation/ A Tangential Autobiography Fri, 18 May 2012 23:21:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ekim http://justorb.com/2010/04/07/misinformation/comment-page-1/#comment-17617 Ekim Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:08:01 +0000 http://justorb.com/2010/04/07/misinformation/#comment-17617 Lots of problems could be solved by space flight becoming cheap and reliable. Don't hold your breath for that initiative though. Lots of problems could be solved by space flight becoming cheap and reliable. Don’t hold your breath for that initiative though.

]]> By: Orb http://justorb.com/2010/04/07/misinformation/comment-page-1/#comment-17616 Orb Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:12:36 +0000 http://justorb.com/2010/04/07/misinformation/#comment-17616 Well, there's that too. But even if it was cheap, I would not want to know there were rockets full of hazardous waste being shot off, because you know one would eventually fail and then there'd be a problem. Apparently the stuff they intend to store somewhere in Texas isn't even actual radioactive waste (like spent uranium etc.) but more like tools, overalls, and whatnot that has been near radioactive waste. Still wouldn't want the stuff sitting around my living room, but if they want to bury it in bunkers out in our desert, I'm pretty sure it isn't going to cause a problem. Not thrilled about it, as I said in the post, but eh, whatever. Well, there’s that too. But even if it was cheap, I would not want to know there were rockets full of hazardous waste being shot off, because you know one would eventually fail and then there’d be a problem.

Apparently the stuff they intend to store somewhere in Texas isn’t even actual radioactive waste (like spent uranium etc.) but more like tools, overalls, and whatnot that has been near radioactive waste. Still wouldn’t want the stuff sitting around my living room, but if they want to bury it in bunkers out in our desert, I’m pretty sure it isn’t going to cause a problem. Not thrilled about it, as I said in the post, but eh, whatever.

]]> By: John http://justorb.com/2010/04/07/misinformation/comment-page-1/#comment-17614 John Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:22:31 +0000 http://justorb.com/2010/04/07/misinformation/#comment-17614 Rockets? The value extracted from uranium is a minuscule fraction of the cost of the fuel which would be needed to send it into orbit, let alone outer space, and still not even counting the cost of the hardware required. There are hundreds of thousands of tons of the stuff. This is the 'thinking' that results from allowing World of Warcraft to substitute for school science classes. Rockets? The value extracted from uranium is a minuscule fraction of the cost of the fuel which would be needed to send it into orbit, let alone outer space, and still not even counting the cost of the hardware required. There are hundreds of thousands of tons of the stuff. This is the ‘thinking’ that results from allowing World of Warcraft to substitute for school science classes.

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