Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier

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Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier

E.P. Grondine — 3/20/2005 9:41:10 AM (archived)

Ssshhhhhh!!! Don't tell anybody...

Because of this, going to the Moon is becoming a goal itself - simply to build the best possible comet (and comet fragment) detection system -

An additional 6 months is a nice bit of extra time to have when you've only got a couple years to deal with a dinosaur killer - or for that matter, even a small comet chunk...

So thinkng about how any lunar technologies could be used in manned Mars flight is pretty much besides the point - that point being to enable man to work on the Moon.

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The Moon as a test bed. - RobVG - 3/20/2005 12:04:44 AM
- Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier - E.P. Grondine - 3/20/2005 9:41:10 AM
  - re: Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 2:46:48 PM
    - re: Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier - E.P. Grondine - 3/21/2005 1:24:08 AM
      - re: Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier - phil - 3/21/2005 1:28:04 AM
        
        re: Guess you haven't hear the news yet: the cometary impact hazard is far greater than was believed earlier - E.P. Grondine - 3/21/2005 4:07:43 PM
- The Earth & LEO As Test Bed. - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 3:25:14 AM
  - re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed. - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 5:59:02 PM
    - Hello Is There Anything In There? - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 6:29:21 PM
      - re: Hello Is There Anything In There? - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 7:31:15 PM
        
        Sorry For The Sarcastic Title - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 8:03:58 PM
  - And as Yet Nobody Has Addressed The Oversights In The Original Article - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 3:55:42 PM
    - Foolish Mars only Arguments - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 4:06:07 PM
      - Sure Save Them All - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 4:24:06 PM
        
        Moon, Mars and Beyond. - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 5:20:03 PM
        
        The Reason Is Twofold - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 5:41:04 PM
        
        Its about experience building - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 6:03:58 PM
        
        Consistancy Isn't Important To You Is It? - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 6:48:28 PM
        
        Aer you really an engineer? - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 7:33:47 PM
        
        Right Approach Wrong Context Again - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 7:41:31 PM
    - re: And as Yet Nobody Has Addressed The Oversights In The Original Article - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 4:02:26 PM
      - So Sam Admits Going to the Moon First Won't Improve the Odds of Making it to Mars? - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 4:16:52 PM
        
        Lessons from Experience... - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 5:41:24 PM
        
        Start With A false Premise, Reach A False Conclusion - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 5:53:14 PM
        
        re: Start With A false Premise, Reach A False Conclusion - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 6:05:32 PM
        
        Explain That Pretext - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 6:52:57 PM
        
        re: Explain That Pretext - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 7:38:02 PM
  - re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed. - Chris Vancil - 3/20/2005 7:17:01 AM
    - Sure Let's Add Enough Cost To Kill The Program - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 2:10:53 PM
      - re: Sure Let's Add Enough Cost To Kill The Program - Chris Vancil - 3/20/2005 10:54:12 PM
    - re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed. - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 1:57:35 PM
      - re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed. - Chris Vancil - 3/20/2005 11:03:13 PM
      - Does 1970 Stand For The Last Year You Had An Original Thought? - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 2:07:40 PM
        
        re: Does 1970 Stand For The Last Year You Had An Original Thought? - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 2:19:51 PM
  - Ok - Buck Galaxy - 3/20/2005 5:04:28 AM
    - re: Okay - Chris Vancil - 3/20/2005 7:08:09 AM
    - There's A Big Difference - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 5:08:29 AM
      - Thanks for the clarification (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 3/20/2005 5:11:19 AM
  - re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed. - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 4:18:52 AM
    - re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed. - Chris Vancil - 3/20/2005 7:10:19 AM
      - re: The Earth & LEO As Test Bed. - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 2:01:46 PM
        
        You Don't Have To Go To The Moon To Design A Backup System - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 2:14:00 PM
        
        re: You Don't Have To Go To The Moon To Design A Backup System - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 2:23:05 PM
        
        I Am an Engineer - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 2:33:41 PM
        
        re: I Am an Engineer - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 3:45:42 PM
        
        The Enginners Did Not Decide That - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 3:59:18 PM
        
        re: The Enginners Did Not Decide That - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 6:10:57 PM
        
        May Have Missed Something - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 7:11:40 PM
        
        re: May Have Missed Something - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 7:41:49 PM
        
        Agian Field Testing Is Good, Testing In The Wrong Field Is Bad - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 7:48:47 PM
        
        Wow Have You Got That Wrong - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 7:01:27 PM
    - PS - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 4:42:32 AM
    - Case In Point - Funny You Don't See It - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 4:38:53 AM
      - re: Case In Point - Funny You Don't See It - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 5:44:47 AM
        
        It's Not Easy to Breath 3 Minutes In Vaccuum Or Survive Seconds In a Fireball - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 2:30:59 PM
        
        Isolated on Mars - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 3:52:49 PM
        
        re: Isolated on Mars - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 4:13:34 PM
        
        re: Isolated on Mars - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 6:17:50 PM
        
        Right Attitude Wrong Application - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 7:22:13 PM
        
        re: Right Attitude Wrong Application - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 7:51:10 PM
        
        Simple Analogue - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 9:16:58 PM
        
        re: Case In Point - Funny You Don't See It - Chris Vancil - 3/20/2005 7:35:14 AM
        
        re: Case In Point - Funny You Don't See It - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 2:08:21 PM
      - " 3 days distance is virtually MEANINGLESS." - Buck Galaxy - 3/20/2005 5:09:20 AM
        
        Apollo 13 - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 5:44:53 PM
        
        Your Lack Of Understanding Is Showing Again - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 5:58:21 PM
        
        re: Your Lack Of Understanding Is Showing Again - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 6:23:36 PM
        
        re: 96 days round trip to Mars! - Chris Vancil - 3/20/2005 7:24:47 AM
        
        Almost no architecture could survive an Apollo-13 type accident - Gary - 3/20/2005 9:37:50 PM
        
        re: 96 days round trip to Mars! - RobVG - 3/20/2005 6:16:50 PM
        
        re: 96 days round trip to Mars! - Chris Vancil - 3/20/2005 11:11:55 PM
        
        Exactly! Make your mistakes in the shallow end of the pool! (nt) (n/t) - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 6:24:51 PM
        
        re: 96 days round trip to Mars! - Sam1970 - 3/20/2005 1:56:18 PM
        
        re: 96 days round trip to Mars! - Chris Vancil - 3/21/2005 4:50:22 AM
        
        Poor Risk Analysis - Mark Eby - 3/20/2005 5:24:45 AM

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