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- Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:44 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Iridium, Cosmos collision (APOD 2009 Feb 18)
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Re: Iridium, Cosmos collision (APOD 2009 Feb 18)
I remember reading a few years back about a satellite that was about to be launched that carried a plutonium battery pack. The article stated that if the launch were to catastrophically fail, the battery's plutonium would be released into the air and that all life on earth would be destroyed. This w...