Comments on: Everything you thought you knew is wrong http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/everything-you-thought-you-kne.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 22:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Johan Swanljung http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/everything-you-thought-you-kne.html#comment-1672769 Johan Swanljung Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216891#comment-1672769 The particles are not actually radioactive. Just energetic and electrically charged. The particles are not actually radioactive. Just energetic and electrically charged.

]]> By: Van Diemen http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/everything-you-thought-you-kne.html#comment-1672563 Van Diemen Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216891#comment-1672563 Written by....written by....... WRITTEN BY WHOM Written by….written by……. WRITTEN BY WHOM

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/everything-you-thought-you-kne.html#comment-1672187 timquinn Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216891#comment-1672187 So if I didn't think I knew that then I am good to go? (I am a Van Allen Belt count agnostic) So if I didn’t think I knew that then I am good to go?

(I am a Van Allen Belt count agnostic)

]]> By: Preston Sturges http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/everything-you-thought-you-kne.html#comment-1671979 Preston Sturges Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216891#comment-1671979 As I was saying the other day, there was sort of national obsession with the Van Allen Belts in the 1950s which figured prominently in every kid's book about space.  There was a real concern that man could not survive the physical and emotional stress of a low earth orbit, and I guess the worry was that the Van Allen Belts would cook an astronaut like a 7-11 microwave burrito. Of course that fit into the post-Hiroshima concerns about Man Tampering In God's Domain, and the Van Allen Belts would turn anyone into a modern Icarus. . As I was saying the other day, there was sort of national obsession with the Van Allen Belts in the 1950s which figured prominently in every kid’s book about space.  There was a real concern that man could not survive the physical and emotional stress of a low earth orbit, and I guess the worry was that the Van Allen Belts would cook an astronaut like a 7-11 microwave burrito. Of course that fit into the post-Hiroshima concerns about Man Tampering In God’s Domain, and the Van Allen Belts would turn anyone into a modern Icarus. .

]]> By: John Verne http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/everything-you-thought-you-kne.html#comment-1671958 John Verne Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216891#comment-1671958 If there were Four of them, that would be Fantastic. If there were Four of them, that would be Fantastic.

]]> By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2013/03/06/everything-you-thought-you-kne.html#comment-1671852 Just_Ok Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=216891#comment-1671852 Good news. We need more belts to tighten in these tough financial times. Good news. We need more belts to tighten in these tough financial times.

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