Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site osu-eddie.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!osu-eddie!julian From: julian@osu-eddie.UUCP (Julian Gomez) Newsgroups: net.space Subject: Re: Re: Debris from Upcomming ASAT Test Message-ID: <634@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 11:25:48 EDT Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.634 Posted: Wed Oct 2 11:25:48 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Oct-85 06:11:45 EDT References: <385@aurora.UUCP> <15800003@uiucdcsp> <108@muscat.UUCP> Organization: Ohio State Univ., CIS Dept., Cols, Oh. Lines: 19 > > ... > > As far as the debris issue is concerned, why not condemn the Soviets > > for their use of nuclear power plants in their spacecraft. Talk about > > hot debris. > > RIGHT ON! Another case of OK for us, not OK for them? The USA uses nuclear power plants. Take a look at the Voyager and Pioneer spacecraft. But those are deep space vehicles! you say? Until they get into deep space they can still fall. That's even more of a problem in these days of shuttle launch rather than booster launch. -- "If Chaos himself sat umpire, what better could he do?" Julian "a tribble took it" Gomez Computer Graphics Research Group, The Ohio State University {ucbvax,decvax}!cbosg!osu-eddie!julian Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com