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- From: lamontg@stein.u.washington.edu (Lamont Granquist)
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- Subject: Re: averting doom
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 08:14:14 GMT
- Organization: 'Operation: Mindcrime'
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- Hmmmm... In my ASTR class, we did a rough calculation that showed that the
- radius of the Sun would be quite a bit over one AU after it hits the
- giant branch. If correct, I don't see how mirrors would help us out. Also,
- according to the ASTR class, the Sun isn't going to explode -- it won't be
- hot enough to fuse silicon, and instead it will shed it outer envelope and
- turn into a white dwarf.
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- Lamont Granquist lamontg@u.washington.edu
- "When dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases."
- -- Robert Anton Wilson
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