Posted on 01/03/2008 4:38:58 PM PST by blam
I don’t suppose there’s any chance that Mars will perturb it enough to hit earth?
I’ve always liked the idea of using earth crossing asteroids as a means to transport supplies and equipment closer to places we needed them out in the solar system.
We should have a continuously operating shuttle system between earth and moon, and earth and Mars if we want to get serious about this space thing. Regular operation like a city bus system. Would cost something to set up, but once operating it would save beaucoup bucks.
If it were to hit Mars there would be a greater risk to productive life forms than if it hit the Ninth Ward dead-on.
I know that one of our former astronauts has proposed the idea of a series 4 or 6 of unmanned ships that continually orbit between earth and mars. Sort of an interstellar bus line.
Yeah, it’s an excellent plan if we are serious. This business of launching single flights like Apollo is way too expensive for a substantial continuing program.
Hillary’s campaign bus would make a good target. ;-)
Although it would work for Gummint science stuff, I wouldn’t see a commercial reason at all involving Mars; the asteroid belt is a different story.
Sticking with the space treaty is foolish. Anyone who believes that a nation like China would pass up the chance at the mineral wealth of the asteroid belt is fooling themselves.
The only thing stopping China from doing it now is the lack of ability. American corporations probably would have been well on their way without that damned treaty.
Agree on that. When the super huge pipelines are built for natural gas from Siberia or Alaska to markets thousands of miles away, or when water pipelines are built from Alaska/Canada to California or Georgia the steel requirement will be monstrous and a huge drain on the steel industry worldwide. Asteroid mining could supply that need, and already would be doing so except for the Treaty. Indeed.
How about a headline like “Mars turns Red over Asteroid; Moscow is happy.”
Do you know what Martian parents tell their children when they misbehave? “Don’t make an asteroid out of yourself.”
I know these are bad but what do you want so early in the year?
Comets rule!
Where I went to school we were known as “The Comets” so yes we do indeed rule.
Maybe we can get Al Gore to start a “Save Mars!” campaign.
Let’s send Al Gore TO Mars to save it. I’ll pay for that trip. Probably would need a Saturn V rocket to launch that payload.
Or we could make him the third moon of Mars - Algore - along with Deimos and Phobos.
Dude, read (FReeper) Jeff Head's book where we harvest rocks in space and convert them into "Rods From God" against the hegemonistic Chinese. It's SO you.
....Global Warming.
or
....An asteroid strike.
If Algore really wanted to do something useful, he's promoting the wrong catastrophe.
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