NASA Running Out Of Fuel

Monday, May 11, 2009

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?

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

Christine Safrey,
Elevator Inspector
"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."

Alton Ramos,
Road Grader
"Can't we just microwave some plutonium-229?"

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