Way back when.

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Way back when.

Bowser — 7/9/2002 6:32:59 PM (archived)

As a senior in high school I was the student lab assistant for the Soil Physics department of a larger state university. At the time they were experimenting with measuring various qualities of soil with radiation. Moisture content, various minerals, and some of the structure could be deduced from these readings. Graduate students were really getting off on figuring this stuff out. (Actually, graduate students were really getting off on about everything, including each other, but that's another story.)

I was sent around the state collecting the neutron sources. At that time there wasn't much done to make the stuff safe. So, I loaded up my state-owned vehicle with watermelons to protect me from these sources. Lots of watermelons.

I was a very popular guy when I'd roll back into town. I got to where I'd stop by my friends houses before heading back to the lab.

Arf

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Mars Odyssey reveals radiation dose around planet - Me - 7/9/2002 4:56:45 PM
- Re: Mars Odyssey reveals radiation dose around planet - p - 7/9/2002 6:29:38 PM
  - What about solar radiation on the planets surface? - Vince - 7/9/2002 7:10:27 PM
    - Re: What about solar radiation on the planets surface? - Larry J - 7/9/2002 7:28:11 PM
      - Localized Magnetic fields - Buck Galaxy - 7/10/2002 3:25:20 PM
      - Re: What about solar radiation on the planets surface? - ectoterrestrial - 7/9/2002 8:09:38 AM
        
        The radiation is intense enough to sterilize the surface of Mars - E.P. Grondine - 7/10/2002 5:22:19 PM
        
        Re: The radiation is intense enough to sterilize the surface of Mars - Johannes - 7/11/2002 12:53:08 PM
        
        Energetics - ectoterrestrial - 7/10/2002 9:55:20 AM
        
        Terraforming - E.P. Grondine - 7/11/2002 8:54:18 AM
        
        ~10,000 years n/t (n/t) - Nick Hoffman - 7/12/2002 6:25:58 PM
        
        Re: Terraforming - ectoterrestrial - 7/11/2002 7:53:40 PM
        
        Re: Terraforming - E.P. Grondine - 7/11/2002 8:54:36 AM
        
        Re: Terraforming - ectoterrestrial - 7/11/2002 11:43:32 AM
        
        Re: Terraforming - E.P. Grondine - 7/12/2002 2:15:20 PM
        
        Re: Terraforming - ectoterrestrial - 7/12/2002 3:40:47 PM
        
        In 250 years, how big and powerful a magnetic field will we be able to build? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 7/11/2002 7:21:39 PM
        
        Re: In 250 years, how big and powerful a magnetic field will we be able to build? n/t - ectoterrestrial - 7/11/2002 7:53:33 PM
        
        Re: In 250 years, how big and powerful a magnetic field will we be able to build? n/t - alcaray - 7/11/2002 9:01:08 AM
        
        Why don't we just slam a large enough asteroid - Lee - 7/11/2002 5:05:32 PM
        
        On second thought, make that Venus. - Lee - 7/11/2002 5:10:02 PM
        
        Re: On second thought, make that Venus. - Robert E. B. - 7/12/2002 4:50:13 PM
        
        Then just wait a million years for it to cool off enough to solidify, right? :) (n/t) (n/t) - ectoterrestrial - 7/12/2002 3:42:12 PM
        
        What's a million years in geologic time? - Lee - 7/12/2002 4:29:13 PM
  - There is still legitimate concern about solar flares - Larry J - 7/9/2002 6:59:54 PM
    - Re: There is still legitimate concern about solar flares - p - 7/9/2002 7:33:31 PM
      - Re: There is still legitimate concern about solar flares - ectoterrestrial - 7/9/2002 8:14:31 AM
    - Water Is Better & Food Is Mostly Water - Mark Eby - 7/9/2002 2:54:44 PM
      - Way back when. - Bowser - 7/9/2002 6:32:59 PM

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