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Old April 13th 04, 05:27 AM
Nyal Williams
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What happened to this thread? It was a call for interesting
(amazing) soaring facts (feats?) to help sell soaring
to the uninitiated. Astrophysics doesn't get it!

At 01:12 13 April 2004, Adrian Jansen wrote:
Even the power for fission thermals came originally
from a sun, just not
*this* sun.

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om...
This (usually) comes from the Sun. I say usually
because I have used nuclear powered thermals.


You're referring to fission thermals, from nuclear
power stations, I
take it, as distinct from the more usual thermonuclear-powered
thermals...







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Old April 14th 04, 12:04 AM
Adrian Jansen
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True, and I apologise for taking the subject even more OT than it already
was.

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Adrian Jansen
J & K MicroSystems
Microcomputer solutions for industrial control
"Nyal Williams" wrote in message
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What happened to this thread? It was a call for interesting
(amazing) soaring facts (feats?) to help sell soaring
to the uninitiated. Astrophysics doesn't get it!

At 01:12 13 April 2004, Adrian Jansen wrote:
Even the power for fission thermals came originally
from a sun, just not
*this* sun.

--
Regards,

Adrian Jansen
J & K MicroSystems
Microcomputer solutions for industrial control
'Finbar' wrote in message
om...
This (usually) comes from the Sun. I say usually
because I have used nuclear powered thermals.

You're referring to fission thermals, from nuclear
power stations, I
take it, as distinct from the more usual thermonuclear-powered
thermals...









 




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