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Nukes In Space
Early next month, a space mission to Saturn carrying over 70 pounds of plutonium as fuel is set to be launched. Is that safe? Is it necessary? We will look at the technology of deep space exploration and its possible military ties.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readDr. Louis Friedman: Executive Director, Planetary Society. Author of Starsailing: Solar Sails and Interstellar Travel. Former manager of Advanced Planetary Studies at Jet Propulsion Labs (JPL). Dr. Michio Kaku: Professor of nuclear physics at City University of New York. His latest book is Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century. Prof. Otto G. Raabe: Professor of Radiation Biophysics and Radionuclide Toxicology at the Institute of Toxicology and Environmental Health at the University of California, Davis. Board certified in radiation safety. Current president of the Health Physics Society. Karl Grossman: Journalist, writer. Wrote recent Progressive magazine piece on Cassini. Author of The Wrong Stuff: The Space Program's Nuclear Threat. Professor of investigative journalism. Ron Tuller: Assistant City Attorney, City of Los Angeles. Gary Bostwick: Constitutional and First Amendment lawyer with Bostwick and Hoffman. Representing the Writer's Guild of America West. Steve Wiengarten: Communications Director, Local 660 of the Service Employees International, which represents more than 40,000 Los Angeles county employees. David Corn: Washington Editor, Nation Magazine David Brooks: Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard
