[meteorite-list] An Asteroid Headed Our Way (2004 MN4 -99942Apophis)

From: Chris Peterson <clp_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jul 25 19:39:07 2005
Message-ID: <04b201c59172$03ce5400$f551040a_at_bellatrix>

A few hundred years ago the bubonic plague was a natural disaster. Should we
throw away penicillin?

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier_at_npgcable.com>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] An Asteroid Headed Our Way (2004
MN4 -99942Apophis)


> Hi List,
> I have to ask, is it right to mess with "mother nature"? From the
> beginning
> of time cosmic events have been part of nature. If "mother nature"
> thinks
> it's time for mankind to end, then do we have the right to stop it?
> Natural disasters are part of life, we will never stop earthquakes,
> tornados, tidal waves, hurricanes or volcano's, because we can not, should
> we stop asteroids just because we can? I say, let nature take it's coarse!
> : ) Heck, if it were not for asteroids, we would be watching out for
> T-rex's when ever we went out to the store for milk! Mother nature knows
> what she's doing, let her do her thing! Any women right activists out
> there
> to give an opinion on this?
> Thanks, Tom
Received on Mon 25 Jul 2005 07:38:52 PM PDT