[Willie Green]

ping

Thought you might be interested in this.
Of course, you already know that Spencer Abraham is gonna dictate that any new moon shuttles built by NASA must be powered only by zero-emission solar panels and hydrogen fuel cells.

[edwin hubble]

Willie, the beginning of the 5th paragraph:

"Nuclear FUSION is the other source of energy..."
This is a typo...

He meant to refer to 'fission' here, not fusion, because he is referring to the long half-life of the nuclear waste and the many neutrons released by the reaction. and because he goes on to say:

"On the other hand, a fusion reaction carried through Helium3 releases only one percent of its energy in the form of neutrons..."