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Yes. Launch vehicles sometimes fail. They may explode, or they may not make it all the way to orbit and have to re-enter. Either way, this would scatter the rad
by tlb 7y ago
Yes. Launch vehicles sometimes fail. They may explode, or they may not make it all the way to orbit and have to re-enter. Either way, this would scatter the radioactive material over a wide area.
- wainstead 7y agoIndeed, to your point: https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/10/science/groups-protest-use-of-plutonium-on-galileo.html https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/10/science/groups-protest-us...