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Article #7398Re: RTG's on the Lunar Module
From: Peter J. Scott
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:50
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 16:50
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In article <C0IADo.B1p@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: > The radiation hazard from plutonium 238 is insignificant; it's pretty much > a pure alpha emitter, and human skin stops alpha particles completely. (A > sheet of paper will do likewise.) You don't want to eat the stuff, but so > long as it stays put, no sweat. Somewhere in the recesses of my mind lies a memory of a scientist who offered to eat some plutonium if the journalist covering the event would eat the same amount of caffeine. No takers, obviously, but does this mean that it would be safe to eat plutonium? If it's inert it should be passed in due course with only the mucus coating the alimentary canal getting irradiated. -- This is news. This is your | Peter Scott, NASA/JPL/Caltech brain on news. Any questions? | (pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov)
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Newsgroups: sci.space Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!euclid.JPL.NASA.GOV!pjs From: pjs@euclid.JPL.NASA.GOV (Peter J. Scott) Subject: Re: RTG's on the Lunar Module Message-ID: <1993Jan8.165057.3965@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> Lines: 16 Sender: news@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Usenet) Nntp-Posting-Host: euclid.jpl.nasa.gov Reply-To: pjs@euclid.jpl.nasa.gov Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/Caltech References: <1993Jan7.144516.20330@cam-orl.co.uk> <C0IADo.B1p@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 16:50:57 GMT