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To: bentway who wrote (218327)	2/27/2013 10:03:55 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543580

There are some kinds of knowledge that are very expensive to acquire... nuclear weapon building is not without trouble (thankfully). All sorts of information about stable states for Pu and U are secrets including how to machine it into spheres. These are big fuzzy atoms and they don't have the same properties as common materials. A lot of this science prevents the creation of high yield weapons without possessing or acquiring a lot of knowledge that is currently held secret. I think this information should not be readily available. There is no reason why the technology of how to build a "pit" (nuclear core) should be common knowledge. Similarly, there is a lot of secret information about space flight that cost a lot to develop and involved a lot of costly mistakes. We are not benefited by having China in space and being able to guide heavy payloads accurately. There is a reason why not a lot of countries have active space programs. Giving it away was stupid. Not liking the Repub agenda doesn't canonize Clinton or make everything he did justified. I couldn't be a moderate but progressive free thinker if everyone got a pass just 'cuz they are or were a Democrat.