NASA Running Out Of Fuel

NASA is running short of plutonium-238, the fuel needed in deep space missions, because nuclear warhead production has slowed dramatically since the end of the Cold War. What do you think?

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  “If they don’t have any plutonium, maybe they could just use a bolt of lightning, like in Back To The Future.”

  Francis Penn –
  Systems Analyst

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  “This is really pretty simple: We need to start up the Cold War again. And while we're at it, let’s go back to leaded gasoline."”

  Christine Safrey –
  Elevator Inspector

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  “Can't we just microwave some plutonium-229?"”

  Alton Ramos –
  Road Grader