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I read the original article about the muon imaging project and remember being surprised that there is actually a scientific endeavour that involves exotic elementary particles, advanced physics, cosmic rays from deep space and ancient Egyptian pyramids and which was not thought up by the Stargate SG1 writers.

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The muon imaging idea originates with Luis Alvarez, who also flew on the mission that dropped the first atomic bomb, discovered what killed the dinosaurs, and won a Nobel Prize for contributions to particle physics. Truly the kind of mind that inspires science fiction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Walter_Alvarez

Yeah. He’s has a certain kind of brilliance because dropping an atomic bomb on people would see me changing my interests. There was science and what the politicians chose for the science. But seems he was quite the active participant.

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