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I think a MagLev track on the Moon could launch objects into space. But not on the Earth because of air friction.

Why would you worry that the instrument might be contaminated? It sounds like the count rates you got were normal background levels.

@couperusfred, please learn to use capitalization and punctuation in your writing. Your stream-of-consciousness posts are very hard to...

Thanks. Corrected.

One way to look at it is that the energy in a lightning bolt is about 1GJoule or 1,000,000 1,000,000,000 Joules. This is equal to about...

That would be wonderful if they could succeed. The old pictures and paintings show large stately trees with a huge spreading canopy...

Isn't this, in fact, the happy ending to Jules Verne's Around the Word in Eighty Days? Fogg thinks he hasn't made it by one day because...

Oh yes. Helion energy is banking on it. They started construction on a power plant in July, 2025. Whether they will succeed is...

I think what you are talking about is similar to the field reversed configuration, which is being studied as a possible path to...

I'm surprised to hear this. Silicone rubber sealant in a shower bonds very well to galss, ceramic tile, and many other things, and...

I would try silicone rubber sealant.

Is it possible your old tires featured ContiSeal? ContiSeal is a technology developed by Continental designed to seal a damaged tire...

Why do you care if it passes slightly inside or slightly outside of the Hill radius? It won't make any significant difference in its...

Unless you are proposing some supernatural or divine component, then it's all just atoms and molecules following the dumb rules of...

I'm missing your point here. You think that there is some unknown component in the brain?