Hughjarse
Hughjarse t1_j1lckpt wrote
Reply to TIL while writing "A Christmas Carol," Charles Dickens was "taking night-time walks of 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 km) around London." to build out the story in his head. by SuperMcG
Walking for 5 to 7 hours give or take is a hell of a slog, for real. I feel tired just thinking about it and for context I walk 6.5 KMs a day.
Hughjarse t1_j5svws2 wrote
Reply to Hey, can someone explain to me why we are not stending nuclear waste into space having a reliable rocket that can carry a decent amounts of cargo? I'm thinking about Falcon Heavy. One start a year would mean that US doesn't need to store anymore waste underground. by William0fBaskerville
There's the obvious dangers of a rocket exploding and creating a nuclear disaster.
Then you have the fact that we use nuclear energy because it is clean, sending rockets to space is not. You lose any benefit you had from using it, if you just put it on a rocket burning 1400 tonnes of fuel to take 26.7 tonnes to Geostationary Transfer Orbit.