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color=#0000ff> Hello!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=640575103-02012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>An action to support</FONT> <FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>to
help our brothers and sisters in the US. A nuclear accident would be an
environmental nightmare. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>Thank you,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff>Tamara</FONT> </SPAN><BR> </DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=5><STRONG>CONTACT NASA: NO PLUTONIUM
LAUNCH</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=5><STRONG>CANCEL NEW HORIZONS
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<P align=left>NASA plans to launch <STRONG>24 pounds of highly toxic
plutonium</STRONG> (pu-238 & pu-239) on a <EM>New Horizons</EM> mission to
the planet Pluto. The launch is set to lift-off on/after January 11, 2006
from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The plutonium will be used in a
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) to convert the heat from the
radioactive decay of the plutonium into on board electricity.</P>
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<DIV>We are urging the public (in the U.S. and worldwide) to <STRONG>contact
NASA, Congress, and send a Letter to the Editor</STRONG> of your local
newspaper stating your opposition to this launch. See contact information
below and also talking points to make. <EM><STRONG>Please help us spread
the word by passing this e-mail on to others in your
community.</STRONG></EM> NASA and Congress must hear that the public does
not support launching more nuclear materials into space.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><U><STRONG>Write to:</STRONG></U></DIV>
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<DIV>Michael Griffin</DIV>
<DIV>NASA Administrator</DIV>
<DIV>300 E. Street SW</DIV>
<DIV>Washington DC 20546</DIV>
<DIV>(202) 358-0000</DIV>
<DIV><A
href="mailto:mgriffin@mail.hq.nasa.gov">mgriffin@mail.hq.nasa.gov</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><U><STRONG>U.S. Congressional Switchboard</STRONG>:</U> (Toll-free
number) 1-888-355-3588</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><U>Talking Points </U></STRONG>(<EM>Please use your own words when
writing your letter</EM>) </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1) NASA acknowledges in their Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the <EM>New Horizons</EM> mission that there is a 1 in 300 chance of an
accident resulting in release of the plutonium. In the event of such an
accident the EIS states that the deadly plutonium could be carried by winds for
a 60-mile radius throughout Central Florida. Clean-up costs for a
plutonium accident would range from $241 million to $1.3 billion per square
mile.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>2) NASA is moving toward a dramatic escalation in the numbers of
nuclear launches in the coming years. Everything from nuclear powered
bases on the moon to nuclear reactors on rockets to Mars. The Department
of Energy (DoE) is now doing a $300 million laboratory expansion in Idaho to
produce plutonium for future space missions.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>3) The Pentagon has long stated that they will require nuclear
reactors to provide power for space-based weapons. NASA says that each of
its space missions will now be dual use, meaning military and civilian at the
same time. The obvious next question is what is the military application for
nuclear power in space?</DIV>
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<DIV>4) At a time of major fiscal crisis in the U.S. why is NASA using
public tax dollars to put the lives of the people on Earth at risk?</DIV>
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<DIV>5) Why does NASA not invest in development of alternative space power
technologies and move away from the use of deadly plutonium? </DIV>
<DIV><U><STRONG></STRONG></U> </DIV>
<DIV>Thank you for your support.</DIV>
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<DIV>Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space<BR>PO Box
652<BR>Brunswick, ME 04011<BR>(207) 729-0517<BR>(207) 319-2017 (Cell
phone)<BR><A
href="mailto:globalnet@mindspring.com">globalnet@mindspring.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.space4peace.org">http://www.space4peace.org</A><BR><A
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