Re: Worse than CASSINI! October 16th launch date!
Sky (palmoni@lcc.net)
Sun, 12 Oct 97 12:02:08 PDT
how 'bout some prrof, a website, references, something, anything.....
also, who is John Savard?
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| It has come to my attention that this coming Thursday, October 16th, 1997,
| is the scheduled launch date of a space mission even more ill-conceived
| than the Cassini space probe.
|
| In a launch surrounded by secrecy, a crew of six, including a family of
| five - complete with young children - is to be launched into space on a
| mission using highly speculative and untested technologies. Supposedly,
the
| target of the mission is the Alpha Centauri system.
|
| As the reason for the secrecy surrounding the mission is fears that it may
| be sabotaged by foreign agents, that in addition to the highly unproven
| nature of the mission makes the involvement of minor children in the
| mission an example of insanity of the highest order. This is the second
| mission - the first having been a failure, and conducted in complete
| secrecy - of what is known as the Jupiter program.
|
| The craft includes an experimental hyperdrive, which is fuelled by a
| substance called "neutronium". As it is handled in bottles of
approximately
| one liter capacity, this must be a code name for some conventional
| fissionable material, as collapsed matter in such quantities would cause
| gravitational anomalies easily detectable without special equipment. Of
| course, radioactive material in liquid form poses far greater hazards of
| dispersal than the solid plutonium used in Cassini.
|
| Despite the use of a so-called "hyperdrive", the astronauts will be placed
| in suspended animation during the flight. Perhaps this is intended as
| protection against some ill effects of the propulsion system. While my
| information is not detailed enough to permit a definitive judgement, this
| sounds like bad science - as if the people at NASA had watched "Forbidden
| Planet" too many times. Suspended animation doesn't protect people against
| the ill effects of ionizing radiation; rather, it suppresses the body's
| natural repair systems, allowing radiation damage to accumulate.
|
| It is hoped that the individuals and organizations involved in the
| lamentably unsuccessful attempt to halt the Cassini launch will, despite
| the late date, speak out against this latest NASA insanity. Hopefully,
such
| an effort will finally give them the credibility they deserve in the eyes
| of the American public.
|
| John Savard
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