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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
This is right over the top; Russia says it has a project to deflect
Apophis before it can hit Earth in 2036: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...oUJPLcI7Ak38aw ....and of course they want other countries to give them money so they can implement this plan. Comrade C. Little is in fine capitalist form, considering the odds of it impacting are presently 1 in 250,000. But if it did... "The Apophis asteroid measures approximately 350 metres (1,150 feet) in diameter and RIA Novosti news agency said that if it were to hit Earth when it passes nearby in 2036 it would create a new desert the size of France." They don't say if that desert would _be in_ France though, although one must concede that a lot of people wouldn't mind if it were, particularly African and Arab desert nations who had to deal with the Foreign Legion in the past. ;-) Pat |
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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
Pat Flannery wrote:
BTW, if you want to figure out what various sized objects impacting Earth would do, this is where to go: http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/ Pat |
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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
Pat Flannery wrote:
This is right over the top; Russia says it has a project to deflect Apophis before it can hit Earth in 2036: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...oUJPLcI7Ak38aw ...and of course they want other countries to give them money so they can implement this plan. Comrade C. Little is in fine capitalist form, considering the odds of it impacting are presently 1 in 250,000. It might be better to do a dress rehearsal when the odds of impact are 1 to 250,000 than to do it at a later time for another asteroid when we have odds of impact to be 250,000 to 1. Alain Fournier |
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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
On Dec 30, 4:03*pm, Alain Fournier wrote:
Pat Flannery wrote: This is right over the top; Russia says it has a project to deflect Apophis *before it can hit Earth in 2036: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...MHSdrWginRoUJP... ...and of course they want other countries to give them money so they can implement this plan. Comrade C. Little is in fine capitalist form, considering the odds of it impacting are presently 1 in 250,000. It might be better to do a dress rehearsal when the odds of impact are 1 to 250,000 than to do it at a later time for another asteroid when we have odds of impact to be 250,000 to 1. Alain Fournier It has been estimated that there will be around 10 billion people living on the earth by the year 2030. If the Russians are that serious about getting funding for this operation, just go ahead “CAN THE EARTH” because ALGORE says it’ll be too late anyway, and while we wait for results from the Kepler survey to come in, go full bore interstellar while we’ve still got the time to develop the technology. - better yet, just mine the damn thing while it swings in close enough for the job. American This is not an endorsement of HR3962 or any reasonable facsimile thereof, for either now or any time within the next 20 years. |
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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
Pat Flannery wrote:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp...oUJPLcI7Ak38aw "closer than some geo-stationary satellites" ? Geo-stationary satellites operate at varying distances? Sylvia. |
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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
Comrade C. Little is in fine capitalist form, considering the odds of it impacting are presently 1 in 250,000. So they got something that ain't broke and they're gonna fix it. It's a good thing the Russians have never had a failure in space otherwise I'd worry they could make the odds more like 1 in 2.5. Sounds like a dangerous experiment - oh no our foreign partners meant feet/sec!!! Saturday Night Live could have a field day with this. Might be better to invest in a cure for an imaginary plague that isn't going to happen, or feeding the starving population of a country that doesn't exist. |
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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
On Dec 30, 8:21*pm, "Val Kraut" wrote:
Comrade C. Little is in fine capitalist form, considering the odds of it impacting are presently 1 in 250,000. So they got something that ain't broke and they're gonna fix it. *It's a good thing the Russians have never had a failure in space otherwise I'd worry they could make the odds more like 1 in 2.5. Sounds like a dangerous experiment - oh no our foreign partners meant feet/sec!!! Saturday Night Live could have a field day with this. Might be better to invest in a cure for an imaginary plague that isn't going to happen, or feeding the starving population of a country that doesn't exist. The Russians plan to move it so it impacts the United States...Nuke em now! |
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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
The Russians plan to move it so it impacts the United States...Nuke em now! Make a nice plot for a new James Bond novel. All we need is a catchy title (From Russia with Love has already been used unfortunately) and the name of the female lead - something like Heaven Lee Body. |
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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
"Val Kraut" wrote in message ... Comrade C. Little is in fine capitalist form, considering the odds of it impacting are presently 1 in 250,000. So they got something that ain't broke and they're gonna fix it. It's a good thing the Russians have never had a failure in space otherwise I'd worry they could make the odds more like 1 in 2.5. Sounds like a dangerous experiment - oh no our foreign partners meant feet/sec!!! Saturday Night Live could have a field day with this. Might be better to invest in a cure for an imaginary plague that isn't going to happen, or feeding the starving population of a country that doesn't exist. The article said if it hits, it'll turn all of France into a desert. So shouldn't we try moving into it's path? |
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Comrades! Death to the hooligan asteroid!
On Dec 30, 10:57*pm, J0nathan Non Grata wrote:
"Jonathan" wrote: So shouldn't we try moving into it's path? Please. Would you? Like before you post again? Better idea, put it into an orbit that has it just a bit before or after the earth in the same orbit. That way, its relative velocity is very low and we can use it for material for making stuff in space. See one of my old posts concerning solar thermal evaporation of asteroidal materials to refine materials and to form the vapor deposited materialonto substrates as foils. |
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