I once heard of a scheme to dispose of nuclear waste by putting it on a rocket and firing it away from the planet, but the idea was abandoned because of cost and danger of a mechanical failure in the rocket...
Why not blend radioactive waste with iron and fire it out of a massive magnetic accelerator gun and into an orbit where it isn't likely to come back any time soon? The gun would be reusable, much less can go wrong mechanically, there aren't even any combustibles involved... Does this sound plausible?
2006-11-27
06:51:33
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thebraindamaged1
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