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Old 04-24-2012, 10:00 AM   #15
Hack&Lube
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Originally Posted by freedogger View Post
Maybe figuring out a way to get bad crap off the planet should be done first? Like the hundreds of at capacity spent nuclear fuel pools. Start with #4 at fukushima please.
Ideally sending these materials by rocket into the sun seems to be the classic sci-fi solution but the danger of a mis-launch or loss of payload in the air or atmosphere of nuclear waste is probably one of the worst things that could happen.

Space elevator that s***
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