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Impressive: "It was initially detected by staff inside a car that was travelling at 70km/h past the capsule."

• shellac 4y ago
  Referred to in a news report as being 'like looking for a needle in a haystack', but with the convenience that the needle is detectable at quite a distance (10s of metres), assuming it hasn't fallen down a crack or been covered by something.
  • Reason077 4y ago
    It's certainly makes the job of finding a needle in a haystack easier if that needle is giving off ionising radiation!
    • mcphage 4y ago
      Maybe we need to invent geiger counters for needles!
      • Reason077 4y ago
        Maybe we need to invent radioactive needles, to make them easier to find in case they get lost in haystacks.
        • benibela 4y ago
          Or you could use a metaldetector?
        • mcphage 4y ago
          That's some A+ Cave Johnson level thinking!
  • codeulike 4y ago
    Like looking for a capsule in the outback
• hulitu 4y ago
  This must be some heavy shit. Is Australia building a nuclear bomb ?