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To: TobagoJack who wrote (44510)	1/11/2004 8:17:59 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

... and heeeere's Bill Bonner: .... "Soak the Stupid!" "We propose the slogan to the Republican party...for they seem bent on an original method of government finance. They cut taxes...but increase expenses. Who then will pay for their programs of guns and drugs? Rather than soaking the rich or wringing out the poor, the Republicans want to hose anyone dumb enough to lend money to the Bush Administration at Eisenhower-era rates. They borrow...and then degrade the currency in which the debt is calibrated." dailyreckoning.com I have the Stones playing in my head: "... But what can a poor boy do Except to buy some dollar puts ...

To: TobagoJack who wrote (44510)	1/11/2004 8:25:20 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 74559

Can Niobium rise to the stratosphere? <<Appreciable amounts of columbium in the form of high-purity ferrocolumbium and nickel columbium are used in nickel-, cobalt-, and iron-base superalloys for such applications as jet engine components, rocket subassemblies, and heat-resisting and combustion equipment.>> During the 60's space race Niobium was in high demand. Now Bush brought his new prestige project: Put a colony in the Moon and then send a manned spacecraft to Mars. Could the herald a new lease of life for Niobium? Can it go high as China spends on space and Bush's prestige project? Can we make money out of it? <<Nuclear engineering professor Samim Anghaie and graduate student Travis Knight are developing a fuel for use in a nuclear thermal propulsion rocket that would carry a manned mission more quickly into Mars' orbit. This fuel, a mixture of uranium, zirconium, and niobium in solid carbide form, serves as the core of a reactor that can produce heat – from the fission of the uranium – that exceeds 5,000° F. Hydrogen circulates through the reactor and passes by the heat source and then through the rocket's nozzle to provide the thrust.>> wired.com