Leo wrote:

I sense a new project for NASA: launching an annual rocket which contains

instruments for learning more about our Sun, and a load of >old hard drives with sensitive data on them.

Its destination? Isn't it obvious? ;-)

The residents of the Yucca Mountain area might wish they'd take a more Superman IV-inspired approach to their cargo selection. I'd say grinding a hard drive into a fine powder is probably enough to prevent it from doing any damage upon disposal. That said, you might also aim it at Europa and see if life erupts, given the new (albeit highly localized) heat source at the rocket's impact site.

Is this topic [OT] yet?

-Sean