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The wrong stuff : the space program's nuclear threat to our planet / Karl Grossman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grossman, Karl
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radioactive pollution.
- Space vehicles--Nuclear power plants--Environmental aspects.
- Space vehicles.
- Plutonium as fuel.
- Plutonium--Toxicology.
- Plutonium.
- Space vehicles--Nuclear power plants.
- Physical Description:
- 270 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Despite the enormous danger and huge expense--and a clear alternative (solar power)--the U.S. government is pushing ahead with the deployment of nuclear power in space. "The Wrong Stuff" investigates the various projects--including the Cassini mission which will involve 72.3 pounds of plutonium--the government has planned, and explains why nuclear power is not needed for space exploration.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-260) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1567511252
- 1567511244
- OCLC:
- 36783709
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