[meteorite-list] The space program after Bush
From: Don Rawlings <psc2410xi_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:48:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <558379.80705.qm_at_web59316.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Can there be any possible way to speed up the arrival of 1-20-09? Don --- "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello everyone - > > A lot of you have carbonaceous chondrites in your > collections. They resemble charcoal, and reflect > little light. > > The 75 meter carbonaceous chondrites (comet > fragments) > are impossible to reliably find from the Earth. > Trying > to reliably find them from L1 is impossible as well, > because the systems require too much power. > > The only reason to go to the Moon is to build the > Comet and Asteroid Protection System, which could > not > only reliably give warning of approaching 75 m comet > fragments, but an additional 6 months warning of > approaching long period comets. > > While such a system could be built by an > international > consortium, if it is not, whichever nation provides > the best warning system will assume the world > leadership role in space. > > Once on the Moon, the infrastructure cold be used > for > other purposes, including SETI. > > So what does Lou's meeting all mean? Not much - some > of the manned Mars enthusiasts (note their age - > most > of them were raised with the concept of an > Earth-like > Mars) are simply trying to reposition themselves > after > the failure of their neo-conservative allies. > > E.P. Grondine > Man and Impact in the Americas > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > Don Rawlings ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Received on Mon 21 Jan 2008 09:48:10 AM PST |
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