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> Aiigh! :-) "igniting the hydrogen" was bad enough :-) :-). But
> I *absolutely refuse* to make burning hydrogen impenetrable to
> neutrinos. In *anyone's* universe. Period. :-)
>
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> I think the burning hydrogen just obscured essential sensor
> information in the visible and infrared :-).
>
> Bart Massey
> [email removed]
I believe that Richard had later decided that the hydrogen was
"ignited" by fusing it (presumably with a nuclear missile or
something).
I agree that burning hydrogen would not be impenetrable to
neutrinos, but FUSING hydrogen generates neutrinos. That WOULD
interfere with a neutrino scan. After all, aren't they using
the neutrino detectors to detect other ships' power plants in
operation?
Jerry Williams
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