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Creative Speculation

jberryhill

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2. How reliable would you like that rocket to be?

Reply to BeFree (Original post)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 02:36 AM

Feb 2012

Then we can talk abou lift capacity. That big honking huge Saturn V engine was needed to get that teeny lunar lander to the moon, and the command module into orbit.

None of that stuff was all that heavy, and you are talking about tons of material.

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Nuclear Waste Solution [View all] BeFree Feb 2012 OP

How exactly is nuclear waste going to kill off humanity? nt LARED Feb 2012 #1

How reliable would you like that rocket to be? jberryhill Feb 2012 #2

Time to build the space elevator! Bolo Boffin Feb 2012 #4

Nuclear waste solution... deconstruct911 Feb 2012 #3

You give hyperbole a bad name ryan_cats Feb 2012 #5

Cheeseburgers are a greater threat to humanity than nuclear waste. Codeine Feb 2012 #6

I blame BUSHCO. n/t zappaman Feb 2012 #7

Sounds so bad sunyoyo Feb 2012 #8