The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Mark Eby — 5/16/2002 4:18:54 PM (archived)

What Mars enthusiasts see that you don't is that there are many hazards to our survival besides impacts. A second branch of humanity either mitigates these or is the first step on a path towards mitigating them. Your views are based on an entirely too lmited view of potential danger not to mention some highly inflated impact risk numbers.

We can easily afford a search for civilization threatening impactors. It is a shame we have not fully funded the spacegaurd proposals. We can even easily afford a satellite to detect small impactors. It is not funding for Mars that stands in the way, it is the low priority politicians place on problems unlikely to effect their re-election campaigns. It is also possible that vocal nut jobs spouting easily refutable statistics have reduced the credibility of serious impact researchers.

Regards,
Mark

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Doomed - Delbert - 5/16/2002 7:12:07 PM
- Possibly Doomed by Many Factors, but The Future Looks Bright To Me - Mark Eby - 5/16/2002 4:04:35 PM
- Fun. - Bowser - 5/16/2002 4:00:21 PM
- Re: Yep. - SM - 5/16/2002 2:29:29 PM
  - Re: Yep. - SM - 5/16/2002 2:53:21 PM
- More money desperately needed for NEO search - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 8:53:18 AM
  - thinking more long term than that. - Delbert - 5/16/2002 3:07:59 PM
    - little correction - delbert - 5/16/2002 4:00:48 PM
      - Re: evolution - Raoul - 5/16/2002 9:39:41 AM
        
        Re: evolution - p - 5/17/2002 8:29:30 AM
- We will (can) not be wiped out. - Lee - 5/16/2002 8:21:24 AM
  - A few select individuals (etc) - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 9:16:29 AM
    - Re: A few select individuals (etc) - Nick Hoffman - 5/16/2002 12:04:26 PM
      - Re: A few select individuals (etc) - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/16/2002 7:24:54 PM
        
        Financing the search for the two new impact sites - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 8:45:39 AM
        
        Calling the financing question - p - 5/17/2002 3:19:24 PM
        
        G'day, ya arragant swine... - E.P. Grondine - 5/17/2002 4:41:38 PM
        
        I love you too, man (n/t) (n/t) - phil, the arrogant swine - 5/17/2002 6:42:46 PM
        
        For funding, you can always try... - Alex R. Blackwell - 5/16/2002 8:58:07 AM
        
        I don't know if your sense of humor - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 1:14:15 PM
        
        Re: I don't know if your sense of humor - Chris Vancil - 5/17/2002 8:36:20 AM
        
        Don't Make Any Plans For A Plush Office - Mark Eby - 5/16/2002 3:22:12 PM
        
        My personal plans - E.P. Grondine - 5/17/2002 4:08:05 PM
      - Re: A few select individuals (etc) - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 5:07:21 PM
        
        a little more - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 5:10:20 PM
        
        and a little more still - E.P. Grondine - 5/16/2002 7:07:04 PM
        
        Some good news - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2002 4:46:43 PM
        
        That may be the way it happens - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 2:23:08 PM
        
        Kind of pricey, isn't it? - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2002 9:27:09 AM
        
        Do You Really Believe - Mark Eby - 5/19/2002 1:53:20 PM
        
        Not For You - Mark Eby - 5/18/2002 4:00:54 PM
        
        You hope - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 8:37:14 AM
        
        The Big Picture - Mark Eby - 5/16/2002 4:18:54 PM
        
        Re: My Big Picture - E.P. Grondine - 5/17/2002 4:25:03 PM
        
        Your Continued False Pretext - Mark Eby - 5/17/2002 2:34:46 PM
        
        and your own thick skull... - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 2:38:24 PM
        
        More EP Memory & Comprehension Lapses - Mark Eby - 5/18/2002 3:51:37 PM
        
        None of the small impactors are being reliably detected - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 8:29:50 AM
        
        Accurate Title But - Mark Eby - 5/18/2002 4:02:06 PM
        
        Accurate in parts, but - E.P. Grondine - 5/19/2002 10:04:22 AM
        
        Re: Accurate in parts, but - Chris Vancil - 5/19/2002 7:21:29 PM
        
        More Questionable Statistics From EP - Mark Eby - 5/19/2002 4:02:37 PM
        
        Forgot To Mention - Mark Eby - 5/19/2002 4:06:02 PM
        
        The difference between playing Mars, and real manned Mars - E.P. Grondine - 5/19/2002 4:54:47 PM
        
        The big one is now inbound. Earth faces certain doom. - Scott - 5/17/2002 10:05:22 AM
        
        bullshit - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 2:44:30 PM
        
        How' Can You Miss Such An Obvious Point? - Mark Eby - 5/18/2002 3:19:38 PM
        
        More lucid state of mind... - Nick Hoffman - 5/18/2002 4:05:13 PM
        
        Ah, but there's a method to the madness - E.P. Grondine - 5/18/2002 8:33:49 AM
  - Ozymandias - alcaray - 5/16/2002 8:12:43 AM
    - And yet there are still people to read his name. - Lee - 5/17/2002 7:41:28 PM
    - Oops! didn't mean to imply that the title was "wonderful irony"! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/16/2002 8:15:07 AM

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