To: neverdem
Are we sure we want to do this? Screwing with a comet in this manner strikes me as somewhat risky considering the I-wonder-what-might-happen factor.
I hope that the Poindexters at NASA pondered that factor...
7 posted on
06/28/2005 5:03:43 PM PDT by
yooper
(If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
To: yooper
I hope that the Poindexters at NASA pondered that factor...
Are people actually serious when they ask this question?
To: yooper
Are we sure we want to do this? Screwing with a comet in this manner strikes me as somewhat risky considering the I-wonder-what-might-happen factor. I hope that the Poindexters at NASA pondered that factor... Think of a washing machine smashing into Manhattan. It will be fun to see, but the magnitude of difference between the two objects is too large for any kind fo dangerous impact.
Read this:
Cosmic Crash Won’t Destroy Comet or Earth http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/050628_deepimpact_effect.html
11 posted on
06/28/2005 5:29:36 PM PDT by
ElkGroveDan
(I'm sick and tired of being sicked and tired!)
To: yooper
Screwing with a comet in this manner strikes me as somewhat risky considering the I-wonder-what-might-happen factor. Leaves me wondering if this is not just practice for a big one coming our way.
16 posted on
06/28/2005 8:57:04 PM PDT by
lizma
To: yooper
somewhat risky considering the I-wonder-what-might-happen factor.This has 'conception' written all over it. Hope no one left any DNA in the impactor.
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