Return-path: X-Andrew-Authenticated-as: 7997;andrew.cmu.edu;Ted Anderson Received: from beak.andrew.cmu.edu via trymail for +dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl@andrew.cmu.edu (->+dist+/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr11/tm2b/space/space.dl) (->ota+space.digests) ID ; Wed, 18 Apr 90 03:02:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Reply-To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU From: space-request+@Andrew.CMU.EDU To: space+@Andrew.CMU.EDU Date: Wed, 18 Apr 90 03:02:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: SPACE Digest V11 #282 SPACE Digest Volume 11 : Issue 282 Today's Topics: Re: Gerry Bull Murder and "Doomsday Gun Re: Energy consumption ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 17 Apr 90 20:42:44 GMT From: shlump.nac.dec.com!quik07.enet.dec.com!burch@decvax.dec.com (Ben Burch) Subject: Re: Gerry Bull Murder and "Doomsday Gun In article <45600008@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>, sfn20715@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes: > Ha. Iraq has no peaceful missions. Anyone who wants to cooperate with > Iraq involving any aspect of technology or science has more than my > invitation to shoot themselves. What we have here is a failure to communicate... Perhaps I sould have put quotes around "peaceful". What I meant to say is that to test this weapon, it might have suited the Iraqis to pretend that it was part of a peaceful space effort. (That launches west...) > I admit that it would be nice to see the HARP realized, but Iraq is _not_ > the place to do it. I agree. > (BTW, if you want references, just say the word. There is plenty of material > to support this.) That would be interesting to post in any case. Perhaps to sci.military. - Ben Burch (burch@quik07.enet.dec.com) "Views expressed herein are not those of Digital Equipment Corporation." ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 90 05:17:08 GMT From: mailrus!uflorida!mlb.semi.harris.com!thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com!del@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Don Lewis) Subject: Re: Energy consumption In article <1990Apr17.191124.22668@utzoo.uucp> henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) writes: >That's not what he said. In any case, many newer space vehicles probably >*will* use old alloys. Hermes will be mostly aluminum, for example, not >titanium like the shuttle. ^^^^^^^^ Are you sure about this? -- Don "Truck" Lewis Harris Semiconductor Internet: del@mlb.semi.harris.com PO Box 883 MS 62A-028 UUCP: rutgers!soleil!thrush!del Melbourne, FL 32901 Phone: (407) 729-5205 ------------------------------ End of SPACE Digest V11 #282 *******************