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To: Icthus
Well, there is this lake with liguid water two miles under the ice down in Antartica. Someone thought it would be a good idea to drill down to the lake and start to research it because maybe it has an environment similiar to that existing on Europa, one of Jupiter's moons.

This is where it gets weird.

Supposedly a small nuclear reactor was used for the drilling, Raytheon was the contractor, and there was some sort of accident with employees having to be medevacuated due to radiation exposure.

That, anyway, is all I've been able to glean from different sources because our government has tightened up on candid information like a bull's anus in fly season.

124 posted on 04/13/2002 10:39:03 PM PDT by goody2shooz
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To: goody2shooz
This is where it gets weird.

Supposedly a small nuclear reactor was used for the drilling, Raytheon was the contractor, and there was some sort of accident with employees having to be medevacuated due to radiation exposure.

That, anyway, is all I've been able to glean from different sources because our government has tightened up on candid information like a bull's anus in fly season.

Evacuation from Vostok.

http://www.70south.com/news/989418979/index_html

133 posted on 04/13/2002 11:58:27 PM PDT by limitedgov
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To: goody2shooz
"..is all I've been able to glean from different sources because our government has tightened up on candid information like a bull's anus in fly season.."

Very interesting. I must admit that the whole premise of the movie sounds very intriguing. I wonder how much of it is closely based on actual events.

"..like a bull's anus in fly season.."

Now that's drawing a mental picture alright! :o)

138 posted on 04/14/2002 5:24:14 AM PDT by Icthus
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