[Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread ChemE Stewart
http://english.pravda.ru/news/science/25-02-2013/123895-mars_comet-0/ I am not sure how to post a new topic on Vortex, OK I am a dumba$$ Maybe this will work Stewart On Monday, February 25, 2013, David Roberson wrote: In the case of meteor crater in Az., they claim to have located a large

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:26 PM, ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: http://english.pravda.ru/news/science/25-02-2013/123895-mars_comet-0/ I am not sure how to post a new topic on Vortex, OK I am a dumba$$ Maybe this will work Yes. But all you do is send a new message to

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread ChemE Stewart
Thanks, expensive camera: *Curiosity* had a total *cost* of 2.5 billion dollars. Maybe he can hunker down behind a big rock. I thought I had tried that before on a new topic. Stewart On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:01 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:26 PM,

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:17 PM, ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, expensive camera: Curiosity had a total cost of 2.5 billion dollars. And the return cost? :-)

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread ChemE Stewart
He bought a round trip ticket On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 2:17 PM, ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, expensive camera: Curiosity had a total cost of 2.5 billion dollars. And the return cost? :-)

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
If this does happen, it will be fortunate, and it will come at an ideal moment in history. The report says this object is 50 km in size and it would release 20 billion megatons. I say this will be fortunate because it will put the fear of God into the human race, and spur us to take the threat

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Vorl Bek
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:59:40 -0500 Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The report says it would release 20 billion megatons. Surely that is a tad exaggerated.

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Vorl Bek vorl@antichef.com wrote: The report says it would release 20 billion megatons. Surely that is a tad exaggerated. I don't think so. A 10-km object striking at 20 km/s will produce roughly 600 million megatons. See: http://www.astronomynotes.com/solfluf/s5.htm This

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Vorl Bek
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:33:34 -0500 Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Vorl Bek vorl@antichef.com wrote: The report says it would release 20 billion megatons. Surely that is a tad exaggerated. I don't think so. A 10-km object striking at 20 km/s will produce

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread ChemE Stewart
Jed, I am in your camp on this. It is time we figure out all that is orbiting out there, some of it at extremely high speeds and energy levels I believe. Stewart On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Vorl Bek vorl@antichef.com wrote: On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:59:40 -0500 Jed Rothwell

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Vorl Bek
On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:45:52 -0500 ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: Jed, I am in your camp on this. It is time we figure out all that is orbiting out there, some of it at extremely high speeds and energy levels I believe. There may be less to this than meets the eye. Looking around

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: Jed, I am in your camp on this. It is time we figure out all that is orbiting out there, some of it at extremely high speeds and energy levels I believe. To give credit where it is due, NASA and other organizations have made great strides locating

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: In one of his books, Arthur Clarke suggested deploying a bunch of sensors orbiting the sun, and then setting off a gigantic neutron bomb on the other side of the sun (away from Earth and other populated planets) to make something like an instantaneous x-ray of the solar system . . .

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Paul Breed
This is a comet, from wy out in the ort cloud If we are targeted by a comet like this we will have less than 24 mo warning. We can't find everything out that far that could hit us, we can find all of the asteroids, but not the all comets.. They come from too far away We don't need to

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread ChemE Stewart
I am guessing the Aliens use universal WIFI anyway on the dark matter entropic internet. The Aliens already responded to Carl's message, SETI just scoffed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4CYcp5wObs On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I wrote: In one

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread David Roberson
vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 3:00 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity? If this does happen, it will be fortunate, and it will come at an ideal moment in history. The report says this object is 50 km in size and it would release 20 billion megatons. I

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread James Bowery
Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 3:00 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity? If this does happen, it will be fortunate, and it will come at an ideal moment in history. The report says this object is 50 km in size and it would release 20 billion megatons. I say

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread David Roberson
Well, at least we will have a ring side seat if one finds it way here. Dave -Original Message- From: James Bowery jabow...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 7:04 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity? He who refuses to do

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread ChemE Stewart
@eskimo.com javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'vortex-l@eskimo.com'); Sent: Wed, Feb 27, 2013 7:04 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity? He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense. -- (the late) John McCarthy Or, in Wolfgang Pauli's more exasperated

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread mixent
In reply to ChemE Stewart's message of Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:27:14 -0500: Hi, [snip] He bought a round trip ticket ... then he got cheated. ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread ChemE Stewart
Yup On Wednesday, February 27, 2013, wrote: In reply to ChemE Stewart's message of Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:27:14 -0500: Hi, [snip] He bought a round trip ticket ... then he got cheated. ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread Craig
On 02/27/2013 01:26 PM, ChemE Stewart wrote: http://english.pravda.ru/news/science/25-02-2013/123895-mars_comet-0/ I am not sure how to post a new topic on Vortex, OK I am a dumba$$ Maybe this will work Stewart If you want to rescue Curiosity, then how do you propose to pay for it? Do you

Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity?

2013-02-27 Thread David Roberson
I think it was intended to be a joke. Dave -Original Message- From: Craig cchayniepub...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 12:30 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Should We Send a Team to Rescue Curiosity? On 02/27/2013 01:26 PM, ChemE Stewart wrote: http