Word: ruina
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Says M.I.T. Engineering and Computer Professor Jack Ruina: "I would compare it to going right from the kite stage to the 747." Years further off is the X-ray laser, which would be "bomb pumped," or powered by an internal nuclear explosion. Still more problematic are particle-beam weapons, which would fire streams of atomic particles...
...Jack Ruina, an MIT professor of Electrical Engineering, agreed with Doty's characterization of the conference and emphasized the pessimism of the Americans' hosts...
...Some of the Soviets seemed quite depressed about the current state of U.S.-Soviet relations, as are many of us," said Ruina...
...chairman of the committee is Jack P. Ruina, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences. The two Harvard members are Riccardo Giacconi, professor of Astronomy and an expert in X-ray astronomy, and Richard L. Garwin, professor of Public Policy and a specialist in particle physics. The White House has refused to confirm the identities of committee members, and asked committee members not to comment on its findings...