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Re: potentially hazardous objects (PHA's)
Victor D. Noto wrote:
>
> To All List Members:
>
> Recently I have been posting warnings of doom from near Earth object
> impactors to members of this list to see what kind of reaction I could get
> from a group of people most likely to be responsive to such matters. People
> that look with educated eye at the cosmos and have expanded knowledge of
> the subject far and above the average citizens of the globe.
> I am sure that the subject for some members is common knowledge but I was
> very surprised and a little disappointed at the skeptical nature of many
> and others being so tied up in minutia of the details.
> Many members of the list I feel can care less about potentially hazardous
> objects from space because they are interested in beautiful objects from
> space streaking across the sky or to collect, buy and sell these objects.
>
> I now see that it people like yourself, very aware of the comos, can not be
> aroused into action there is little hope for the species called Homo
> sapiens.
>
Victor,
I think you presume too much. How do you know what action list members have
taken or not taken? Do you know what organizations and societies we belong to?
Do you know who's on the list? Do you expect instant action from governments
that watch polls to determine actions rather than using analysis and common
sense?
As it is, the best we could do right now is identify a hazard and watch it
come in. Even with a couple years notice there isn't much we could do to
destroy or deflect a large object. We're facing the same situation as the
neighborhood group that wants a new stop sign installed by their community:
Nothing will happen until someone gets killed. Let's hope the wake up call is
a 20 or 30 meter object in the desert and not a 20 or 30 kilometer object in
the ocean.
Gene
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