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Comment Re: I have a plan (Score 1) 167

>> A shuttle can lift 30ton into LEO.
Yep. Somehow, LEO does not sound like a good idea. All things you send to LEO come back to earth within years

>> you can easily launch all three remaining shuttles with one reactor each
That is a really bad idea. The US space shuttle is not a model of reliability.
as soon as this happens:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
with one ton of Pu onboard, we are all dead.

Comment Re:You're asking for unobtanium (Score 1) 167

>> First of all, any wall or barrier can be breached

You are totally right !
And there is another point to it : radioactive waste is releasing various (radioactive, and explosive) gasesover time. You cannot hold these gases forever, so you have to vent them into the athmosphere >> a barrier is not only imposible, but it's also not desirable over the long term.

Comment Re:Over-the-air Security Protocols (Score 1) 352

>> A fake cell won't work as in LTE the authentication is mutual:

Yeah. Everything is not encrypted.
There is still a huge attack surface. One simple example : downgrade attack. Simply switch to GSM, and the baseband will respond to your fake BS with the same old buggy and broken protocols, using code not really updated since 1997.

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