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To: SunkenCiv

> The detonation of these glorified ice cubes takes
> place at a much lower altitude than satellites ...

The detonation isn't the threat I had in mind;
just the impact.


13 posted on 10/19/2004 11:48:57 PM PDT by Boundless (Was your voter registration sabotaged by ACORN? Don't find out Nov. 2. Vote early.)
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To: Boundless
It sounds like a lot, but there's a lot of area involved. Over a long period of time, odds are one of these comets (or chunks thereof) will hit something artificial, and the odds improve for larger objects (such as the ISS). :')
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent

16 posted on 10/19/2004 11:52:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
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