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On Target: NASA Rocket Slams Into Comet
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| 07/04/05
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Posted on 07/04/2005 8:49:59 AM PDT by KevinDavis
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To: monkapotamus
41
posted on
07/04/2005 7:09:25 PM PDT
by
Cvengr
(<;^))
To: ml/nj
"No one has explained how you can get round craters in a field of ice. Melting/evaporation makes craters even more unlikely." Impacts come from all directions, so the thinking goes, therefore the craters should show grazing shots.
Except that the reaction to an impact from any direction is a thermal event which creates a rounded crater. Probably exacerbated by the low-gee field.
42
posted on
07/04/2005 7:14:36 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)
To: Kuehn12
why can't space exploration be privatized?
43
posted on
07/04/2005 7:36:01 PM PDT
by
Hildy
To: monkapotamus
I found it interesting that Pennsylvania had the most signers of the declaration of independence with 9. Virginia with 7 was second, and God bless John Hancock from Massachusetts, who was the only signer from that state.
44
posted on
07/04/2005 7:37:07 PM PDT
by
StopGlobalWhining
(Only 3 1/2-5% of atmospheric CO2 is the result of human activities. 95-96.5% is from natural sources)
To: Hildy; Kuehn12; RightWhale
"...why can't space exploration be privatized?" Can of worms, meet can-opener.
Partly because Governments tend to not respect the rights of private citizens. Right, Mrs. Kelo?
45
posted on
07/04/2005 7:45:07 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)
To: Hildy
why can't space exploration be privatized? If the question is phrased correctly, perhaps we can get to the correct answer.
46
posted on
07/04/2005 8:10:57 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
To: NicknamedBob
Add private property rights.
Like it or not, we will have to live with the State.
47
posted on
07/04/2005 8:14:15 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
To: RightWhale
I'm not sure if this could be shoehorned into the Outer Space Treaty or not, but I just came across an interesting legal concept today called an
allodial title.
It is also referred to as a "Land Patent." In short, it recognizes the sovereignty of the land-holder, a recognition granted by governments. If such a concept were legal in the framework of the Outer Space Treaty, it could mean the Treaty need not be withdrawn from.
Of course, it would probably be easier to withdraw from the Treaty. And it would probably confer onto Corporations the kind of power that is described in countless Science Fiction stories.
48
posted on
07/04/2005 8:30:33 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Mighty and enduring? They are but toys of the moment to be overturned by the flicking of a finger.)
To: NicknamedBob
Even a charter corporation would do. A lease. Anything. The investors expect some kind of paper.
49
posted on
07/05/2005 8:19:31 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty)
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