Bounty wrote:

Why oh why do I want to go all the way to that grey thing, when there's
more economical business to be done nearer home with the right rock
from outer space? This is a smart idea - was a smart idea... still
plain wishful thinking.

All you need to do is get a dinosaur-killer-sized asteroid into orbit closer
than the moon without risking it hitting the earth. Funnily enough, I
think a lot of people mightn't like that idea.

Good luck being allowed to do it even without technical obstacles.

I think asteroids in the longer term have a major role to play in space
exploration and colonisation, but FFS keep 'em away from the earth! :-)

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Malcolm Street
Canberra, Australia
The nation's capital