Oh this is so cool...

[kickaha]

Atomic powered planes

Let the ignorant screaming and protests begin.

Hint: it's not fission, it's not fusion, it uses an X-ray machine of about the same power as you find in a dentist's office, there is no chain reaction possibility, it is instant-on/instant-off, the fuel has a half-life of 31 years, and is considered low-dose in industrial settings. To top it all off, it's run by a small solar cell.

But I can't wait for the whinging to start over this one if it moves forward... I mean, after all, it has the word 'nuclear' somewhere in it, so it *MUST* be evil and bad and deadly and awful for everyone for years and years... :P

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[f-x.livejournal.com]

My limited memories of sub-atomic physics is no match for this concept... Cool though!

[code-slave.livejournal.com]

Heh... I can't *wait* to hear Dubya talk about it... I'll have to get a case of beer to play that game where you drink every time he says "Nuke-yuh-lur".

Y'know... because it involves the "Nuke-yuh-luss" of the atom, and all.

Grrrrrrrrrrr.

Does it bug anyone else that the Captain of the Fucking Free World can't be trained to say that word correctly?!