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From: knudsen@ihnss.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Blowing up Earth, and Jupiter methods
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Date: Mon, 7-May-84 18:33:02 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  7 18:33:02 1984
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It's reassuring to know billionnnzzzz of tonnnzzzz of antimatter would be
needed to blow a planet apart, tho blowing up its Sun would serve the purpose
just as well for present and future life on the planet.
I understood differently the danger in "The Gods Themselves" (one the BEST
SF novels I've ever read); it was that the weakening of the nuclear force
wouyld spread to the Sun, which would then nova prematurely.  In fact,
the triple-sexed people in the other universe were already suffering
from a dimming of their sun, since in their universe the nuclear force
was getting stronger, making fusion more difficult.

	New topic:  How to blow up Jupiter.  Years ago, I figured that if
a sufficiently crushproof H-bomb could be parachuted down to where Jupiter
consists of metallic hydrogen, and detonated, a chain reaction could easily
be started that should blow most of the planet away.  Needless to say,
I don't recommend it this close to Earth....mike k
PS: not to be confused with making a permanent star out of Jupiter--
"their failures were the wonder of astronomers on a thousand planets".