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Shik
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Physicist James A. Van Allen, a leader in space exploration who discovered the radiation belts surrounding the Earth that now bear his name, died Wednesday. He was 91.

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Lee
I'm a spy now. Spies are cool.
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Hey, we share a birthday. . .

I can never think of the Van Allen Belts without thinking of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, where they, er, catch fire and have to be extinguished by firing a nuclear missile at them!

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Jason Abbadon
Rolls with the punches.
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Ah, yes: the glorious 1950's, where nuclear weapons fixed what ails ya!

91 is agood looong run: I honestly assumed Van Allen had dies decades ago.
His name will certainly live on.

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Lee
I'm a spy now. Spies are cool.
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The list of People Not Dead Yet often amazes. People like Marcel Marceau or, formerly, James Van Allen.

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B.J.
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Someone hasn't dropped an anvil on that mime's head yet? We're getting negligent, people!

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