| Abba |
Question:
There were over 500 atmospheric nuke detonations throughout the 50's and 60's by various govt's, most of all the US. The initial blast creates temperatures in excess of 1 million degrees.
Do you think that all those tests, plus the hundreds of underwater tests, could have in any way affected the atmosphere permanently?
The way I see it, even individual events, if extreme enough, could have lasting consequences.
For example, a micro meteorite, the size of a grain of sand, could inflict disastrous damage on a space craft were it moving in excess of 25,000 mph, which they regularly do. In a similar fashion, a single blast, if hot and extreme enough, could possibly create adverse effects that last a long time.
Your thoughts? |
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| artiel |
Quote: Originally posted by Abba
Question:
There were over 500 atmospheric nuke detonations throughout the 50's and 60's by various govt's, most of all the US. The initial blast creates temperatures in excess of 1 million degrees.
Do you think that all those tests, plus the hundreds of underwater tests, could have in any way affected the atmosphere permanently?
The way I see it, even individual events, if extreme enough, could have lasting consequences.
For example, a micro meteorite, the size of a grain of sand, could inflict disastrous damage on a space craft were it moving in excess of 25,000 mph, which they regularly do. In a similar fashion, a single blast, if hot and extreme enough, could possibly create adverse effects that last a long time.
Your thoughts? |
Sure, why not. I don't think it is a ridiculous premise by any means. |
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| DUDE-HERE |
Quote: Originally posted by Abba
Question:
There were over 500 atmospheric nuke detonations throughout the 50's and 60's by various govt's, most of all the US. The initial blast creates temperatures in excess of 1 million degrees.
Do you think that all those tests, plus the hundreds of underwater tests, could have in any way affected the atmosphere permanently?
The way I see it, even individual events, if extreme enough, could have lasting consequences.
For example, a micro meteorite, the size of a grain of sand, could inflict disastrous damage on a space craft were it moving in excess of 25,000 mph, which they regularly do. In a similar fashion, a single blast, if hot and extreme enough, could possibly create adverse effects that last a long time.
Your thoughts? |
i saw that on discovery about all the nukes..and wondered that as well |
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| fastfingersfunk |
are you questioning the effects of the radiation as well, or just the blast temperature?
i don't get your reasoning of a comparison between a piece of debris hitting a space shuttle to a nuclear blast having effect on the atmposphere though. there is no "similar fashion" between them at all. |
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| Abba |
Quote: Originally posted by fastfingersfunk
are you questioning the effects of the radiation as well, or just the blast temperature?
i don't get your reasoning of a comparison between a piece of debris hitting a space shuttle to a nuclear blast having effect on the atmposphere though. there is no "similar fashion" between them at all. |
Both actually.
The comparison was meant to demonstrate that isolated and relatively small events could have far reaching impacts.
Micro meteorites and a large space craft, vs a Nuke detonation in our massively voluminous atmosphere.
Both are small when compared to what they are impacting, but they both can have potentially devastating effects. |
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| Jazzy |
| I've also read that every time the space shuttle (or any spacebound rocket) launches, it destroys 1/10th of one percent of the ozone layer. Hmmmm. |
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| fastfingersfunk |
and btw, the US stopped atmospheric nuclear testing in 1963.
france continued until 1974 and china continued to 1980. and the largest test was by the soviet union, a 50kiloton blast. |
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| Abba |
Quote: Originally posted by fastfingersfunk
and btw, the US stopped atmospheric nuclear testing in 1963.
france continued until 1974 and china continued to 1980. and the largest test was by the soviet union, a 50kiloton blast. |
I think it was called the TZAR, or the Father of All Bombs.
I love these stupid names.
Fat Boy and Little Man. |
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| jigzaw |
| I don't know how permanent the effects would be, but they can't be good for us. |
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