alt Hacker NewsIf containment was to fail, it the total energy released would have been approximately 2.766 * 10 ^ -8 J, so it wasn't particularly dangerous
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comrade1234 • today at 3:46 PM
What is that in firecrackers?
Gemini says a firecracker releases 150 J, so yeah not a lot.
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vivid242 • today at 3:51 PM
It was on the radio here (I live on its route)- the ‚receiving’ physicist said it would be way less than what we catch anyway from daily cosmic radiation.
AnimalMuppet • today at 4:06 PM
For 92 protons? So 3*10^-10 J per proton?
For a tiny number, that is still insanely high...
dylan604 • today at 3:51 PM
Baby steps on our way to a Dan Brown scene lighting up the night sky
It would be trivial to reroute power from the secondary systems to the forward shields anyway