Reply #16: It is part of his background, the nukes part

[IndianaGreen]

That's the one thing that caught my eye about the team put together by Dr. Chu. He had people from Sandia National Lab, which is involved in modernizing nuclear warheads.

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This story has perked my interest in the work being done by the Jason Group, from which some of the scientist came from:

JASON Defense Advisory Panel Reports

JASON is an independent scientific advisory group that provides consulting services to the U.S. government on matters of defense science and technology. It was established in 1960.

JASON typically performs most of its work during an annual summer study, and has conducted studies under contract to the Department of Defense (frequently DARPA and the U.S. Navy), the Department of Energy, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and the FBI. Approximately half of the resulting JASON reports are unclassified.

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/jason/

Nothing like having a lot of Doctor Strangeloves running around finding ways to help our military-industrial complex.