Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska

2007-06-22 Thread valparint
Millions of years of necessity. Besides, what's so innocuous about something powerful enough to escape Earth's gravity and go push some giant lump of stuff out of the way? Rob wrote: Why do we instinctively modify innocuous technology to kill? Millions of years of practice. Sterling K.

Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska

2007-06-22 Thread mark ford
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob McCafferty Sent: 21 June 2007 23:37 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska In a message dated 6/20/2007 3:51:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska

2007-06-21 Thread Rob McCafferty
In a message dated 6/20/2007 3:51:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: this 'NEO deflection technology' that is being developed, could it not potentially also be (technically at least) used to steer an impact to occur onto a 'foreign power's country'? perhaps even

Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska

2007-06-21 Thread Sterling K. Webb
: Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska In a message dated 6/20/2007 3:51:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: this 'NEO deflection technology' that is being developed, could it not potentially also be (technically

Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska

2007-06-20 Thread mark ford
. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Garrison Sent: 20 June 2007 04:25 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/19/150909.php Will Earth Need

Re: [meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska

2007-06-20 Thread LITIG8NSHARK
Ahh, Mark, The stuff dreams are made of. With a simple deflection the advanced scientist might be able to nuke his mother-in-law. Nice idea but, it seems to me that we have a tough enough time calculating man made space debris re-entry points/timesmuch less some object travelling at an

[meteorite-list] Global warming? Blame Tunguska

2007-06-19 Thread Darren Garrison
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/19/150909.php Will Earth Need A Reboot After The Sky Falls? Written by Howard Dratch Published June 19, 2007 Earth has been hit and is constantly at risk of attack by interlopers from space. These are called “near earth objects” (NEOs). Major players are