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yay radioactive shit falling from space again
by MrTortoise 3y ago
yay radioactive shit falling from space again
- davedx 3y agoYes, there’s a lot of radioactive shit in space :P
- ben_w 3y agoThe sun is a giant fusion reactor known to cause cancer on a good day, and emit radiation bursts that can damage or disrupt power grids often enough that people can reasonably expect to read reports of them more than once in their lifetimes.
- flashback2199 3y ago> The sun is a giant fusion reactor And chernobyl was a giant fission reactor. What's your point?
- ben_w 3y agoThe comparison between the two is almost exactly the same as the comparison between a fart and a hurricane: 16 orders of magnitude, give or take. Space is really hostile.
- flashback2199 3y agoOk if it's not taking off or landing from earth then sure
- ben_w 3y agoEven then. The sun is always a big ball of dangerous radiation, even despite things like the ozone layer. A nuclear rocket taking off isn't something you want to be near, but even literal Chernobyl wasn't as deadly in total as skin cancer was just in the year the reactor exploded.
- flashback2199 3y agoThis is super useful information to me because I was born yesterday and am just hearing about the sun now from you for the first time.