Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["Eckert, Robert G SPC MIL USA FORSCOM" <robert.g.eckert AT us.army.mil>]

Makes me wonder what else is out there.

Just spent a week in the field with an EOD (Explosive Ordinance Destruction) 
battalion. They have enough to worry about already.

CPL Eckert 


----- Original Message -----
From: Wade Riddick 
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 20:28
Subject: Re: [percy-l] Walker Percy quoted in today's NY Times: Gauging a 
Collider’s Odds of Creating a Black Hole
To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" 

> I'm aware of one instance of self-censorship that occured in the 
> wake of
> 9/11. A scientist working on explosives gave up research into 
> aluminumnanopowders. The explosive potential of a substance 
> increases according to
> the surface area it has to react with oxygen when it combusts. Using
> nanomachining techniques, it's theoretically possible to churn out 
> a small
> amount of highly porous aluminum compounds with extremely high 
> explosivepotential. It would be virtually impossible to detect by 
> airport screeners.
> 
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