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From: gt0818a@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul E. Robichaux)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Space Shuttle Cargo
Message-ID: <2665@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 20 Oct 89 15:48:46 GMT
References: <9396@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: gt0818a@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul E. Robichaux)
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In article <9396@pyr.gatech.EDU> ken@pyr.gatech.edu (Ken Hall) writes:
>Can anyone tell me whether the plutonium-257 aboard the last flight occurs
>naturally in the earth or if it's synthetic?
>
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1. First, there's no such thing as Pu-257. Someone's pulling your leg. 

2. Pu-238 is manmade; first discovered by Glenn Seaborg of Caltech, it is
produced in breeder reactors designed specifically to manufacture it. It is
not pleasant stuff at all.

-Paul
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