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We were talking about being 'buzzed' by an asteroid just the other day.

1 posted on 03/17/2002 2:20:49 PM PST by blam

To: RightWhale;callisto;farmfriend;Oxylus

2 posted on 03/17/2002 2:21:53 PM PST by blam

3 posted on 03/17/2002 2:29:03 PM PST by Brian Mosely

It's an interesting list. The main point is that none of the NEOs we know about are a danger to earth.

They can paint pictures of earth getting splatted by an asteroid, they can make themselves dizzy looking all over for incoming asteroids. All this is ineffectual

There are two things to do that would not be ineffectual. One thing they could do is send an asteroid motor into orbit around the moon so if it is ever needed it can be sent on its intercept trajectory right away. The other thing they could do is start mining asteroids, make things out of them; they seem hazardous now, later they will be seen as a valuable commodity.

5 posted on 03/17/2002 5:15:37 PM PST by RightWhale

Note: this topic is from March 17, 2002.




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