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Nonsense, just put a chunk of something radioactive at the bottom and let it melt its way through, and then drop it when you get to water
by Caprinicus 11y ago
Nonsense, just put a chunk of something radioactive at the bottom and let it melt its way through, and then drop it when you get to water
- jabits 11y agoOh great, let's hose up the environment on our first visit...we will end up doing this anyway, but radioactive chuncks on the sea floor?
- TheLoneWolfling 11y agoIt's probably substantially less damage than the rocket required to launch the extra mass that would be required if we used an alternative, heavier, method.
- jboggan 11y agoJust make sure that we drop it near a black smoker and accelerate evolution for the Europans. I doubt there is much background radiation on the bottom to stimulate random mutations.
- gambiting 11y agoWater is so good at blocking radiation, that an RTG dropped into that ocean would be absolutely nothing. It would be dangerous to anything within 5 meters of it, which again - is absolutely nothing.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoMight make more sense to put the RTG in the nosecone; why ship something radioactive and useful all that way just to throw it away?