Cool info, Thanks

pb — 12/24/2007 5:28:17 AM (archived)

Maybe someday, when its much cheaper to reach LEO, and In Vitro Resource Utilization is not just a dream, but off the shelf technology, we could hijack one of these things and even tailor its trajectory to meet our needs.

Increasingly it seems like those capabilities would be in our planetary interest, for a variety of reasons.

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Asteroid 2007 WD5 may impact Mars on January 30. - pb - 12/21/2007 5:34:30 AM
- I wonder - azstrummer - 12/23/2007 5:44:46 AM
- It came close to Earth last month! - Raoul - 12/22/2007 2:14:12 PM
  - Amazing - pb - 12/23/2007 2:16:32 AM
    - re: Amazing - gbaikie - 12/23/2007 9:06:58 PM
      - re: Amazing. - Great idea. - Marcia - 12/24/2007 11:28:37 PM
        
        re: Amazing. - Great idea. - gbaikie - 12/25/2007 6:29:35 AM
      - Cool info, Thanks - pb - 12/24/2007 5:28:17 AM
      - interesting idea. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 12/23/2007 9:56:58 PM
- Roid Rage - phil - 12/21/2007 5:24:41 PM
  - maybe the shock wave will clean the dust off the solar panels. (n/t) - TAFKASE - 12/26/2007 3:26:36 PM
  - re: Roid Rage. - Marcia - 12/23/2007 12:50:13 AM
- That would be truely awesome. - TAFKASE - 12/21/2007 2:46:34 PM
- More - pb - 12/21/2007 8:35:19 AM
- 1 in 75 chance - Buck Galaxy - 12/21/2007 7:40:12 AM
  - If it hit, it might generate crater mud flows, etc. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 12/22/2007 7:11:33 PM
  - MSL target - Delbert - 12/21/2007 5:44:24 PM
  - Curious about ejecta - Jeff F - 12/21/2007 12:31:44 PM
    - re: Curious about ejecta - john - 12/23/2007 12:02:36 AM
      - We've rehearsed this argument many times before... - nick hoffman - 12/27/2007 2:46:43 AM
      - re: Curious about ejecta - Jeff F - 12/24/2007 4:07:53 PM
        
        But nick's right... - TB - 12/27/2007 9:40:43 PM

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