From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 24 16:10:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA27589 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 16:10:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA27574 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 16:10:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pf1.phil.uni-sb.de (root@pf1.phil.uni-sb.de [134.96.82.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA03850 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 16:10:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay2.UU.NET (relay2.UU.NET [192.48.96.7]) by pf1.phil.uni-sb.de (8.8.6/8.8.6/961001chris) with ESMTP id BAA24425 for ; Mon, 25 Aug 1997 01:10:40 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from ngeout01.news.aol.com by relay2.UU.NET with SMTP (peer crosschecked as: ngeout01.news.aol.com [152.163.176.244]) id QQdeau08821; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:10:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ladder02.news.aol.com (ladder02.news-fddi.aol.com [172.16.30.241]) by ngeout01.news.aol.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id TAA04285 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:10:35 -0400 Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:10:35 -0400 To: Message-Id: <19970824231000.TAA02698@ladder02.news.aol.com> Newsgroups: saar.lists.freebsd-hackers From: screwinup@aol.com (Screwinup) Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: Anarchists decry 72lbs plutonium launch Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Oct. 6, NASA will launch a space probe containing 72 lbs. of plutonium. This is the 24th launch containing plutonium. Three have failed and two have burned up leaving 1 to 3 lbs of plutonium dust in the atmosphere. That will cause untold people to get lung cancer years hence, but may already be causing decreased immunity we perceive as "new diseases" or old ones coming back. NASA claims that chances of a failure this time are only 1 in 1,500, but actual experience belies that. One in 10 or 20 may disintegrate in the air. Legal means like court injunctions to stop this NASA insanity are a long shot and thousands of protestors may have no effect at Cape Canaveral on Ocl. 4th. How can we save ourselves and our children from what may be a cruel way to "reduce population"? AFRICA THREATENED Actually this "Cassini" probe to Saturn is intended to fly out into orbit and return within 300 miles of Africa in August 1999, thereby picking up m