You laughed at me, but now its going to happen:)

Lets move a asteroid

http://spaceref.com/asteroids/nasa-a...resources.html

On Mar 29, 8:20*am, bob haller wrote:
Lets move a asteroid

http://spaceref.com/asteroids/nasa-a...sion-first-rea...

perhaps government knows something but the public hasnt been told?
this is getting really fast tracked. odd in such a tough economic
time.

unless someone is attempting to justify SLS?

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bob haller wrote:

Lets move a asteroid

http://spaceref.com/asteroids/nasa-a...resources.html


Anyone care to bet on how small the 'asteroid' they move will be?

Everyone ready for Bobbert to start screaming about how the sky is
falling because it could fall on us and destroy NYC?

Also, it looks like this program got a relatively small amount of
funding to start with ($100 million doesn't seem like much for a NASA
program). I wouldn't be surprised if all of that money is spent without
flying any hardware.

Jeff
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"the perennial claim that hypersonic airbreathing propulsion would
magically make space launch cheaper is nonsense -- LOX is much cheaper
than advanced airbreathing engines, and so are the tanks to put it in
and the extra thrust to carry it." - Henry Spencer

In Fred J. McCall writes:

Everyone ready for Bobbert to start screaming about how the sky is
falling because it could fall on us and destroy NYC?

I was expecting him to warn how the asteroid would fall out
of control, smashing into a launch of a refurbished space shuttle,
sending *that* crashing uncontrollably into the White House, both
destroying all hope of space flight for generations to come and
putting thousands of people out of work while they have to rebuild
every space vehicle ever.

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On Friday, March 29, 2013 7:57:05 AM UTC-7, Fred J. McCall wrote:
bob haller wrote:



Lets move a asteroid



http://spaceref.com/asteroids/nasa-a...resources.html





Anyone care to bet on how small the 'asteroid' they move will be?



Everyone ready for Bobbert to start screaming about how the sky is

falling because it could fall on us and destroy NYC?



--

"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar

territory."

--G. Behn

Not really. It will be a nice object to study assuming it larger
kin have a similar chemical composition. One needs to examine
the 'ore' of a mine to make sure it isn't "country rock."

it's a process if it leads to something.............Trig

"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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Jeff Findley wrote:

In article ,
says...

bob haller wrote:

Lets move a asteroid

http://spaceref.com/asteroids/nasa-a...resources.html


Anyone care to bet on how small the 'asteroid' they move will be?

Everyone ready for Bobbert to start screaming about how the sky is
falling because it could fall on us and destroy NYC?

Also, it looks like this program got a relatively small amount of
funding to start with ($100 million doesn't seem like much for a NASA
program). I wouldn't be surprised if all of that money is spent without
flying any hardware.


Of course. But Bobbert will be back about 6 months from now squealing
about, "Remember how everyone laughed at me when I proposed moving an
asteroid?"

He'll conveniently forget all the details, like his proposed size...

--
"Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar
territory."
--G. Behn


Of course, and I'll bet that all this turns out to be is some kind of
feasiblity study, to see if it's possible to mount a mssion of this type.
And if it comes back as "not practical", then the Bobbert will scream that
NASA is "in the way" of the mission, even if they decide it's impractical.