The only way "we" can realistically do anything is if "we" have technologies or friends that "we" don't generally admit to, I hold out no hope for a mission as in the movie Armageddon or lasers or...
Though with a bit of foresight get Podkletnov of the job and he may be able to redirect it. On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Kyle Mcallister <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > [snip] > > I thought it *was* detected by someone paid to do > > exactly that? > > > > Not paid very much it seems. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siding_Spring_Survey > > And someone else tracked it after the discovery by way > of funding provided by The Planetary Society. > > This is not the scale of skywatch program we need. If > people can scream about CO2 emissions, they damn sure > ought to get a bit scared when a rock is discovered > only 1.5 million miles away, heading basically right > for us. What could we do in less than a week? With > more advance notice, we might be able to do something. > > My guess is, asteroid defense doesn't make a ton of > money for the select group, nor does it allow some > people to control others. But all that aside, it is > unquestionably important to do something about this. > Rendezvous with Rama by the late Sir Arthur C. Clarke > comes to mind. No, not suggesting that this was an > alien spacecraft :) Just that the asteroid detection > program was interesting. > > If during this financial mess we can monitor volcanoes > (which we can do NOTHING about), we can watch the > skies a little better. Ironic that moving a rock up > there is much easier than stopping a volcano from > erupting and possibly letting someone or some turbofan > breathe in a bit of dust. On that note, it seems that > birds and rubber boots have more dangerous effects on > aircraft than some dust. > > I'd actually like Rick Monteverde's opinion on this as > well...seeing as he is both near volcanoes, and near > some of our best observatories. Rick? > > --Kyle > > > > >
