Unseen dark comets 'could pose deadly threat to earth'

Telegraph ^ | Thursday, February 12, 2009 | Kate Devlin

[SunkenCiv]

Pissin' and moanin' about "need gov't grant money" or "waste of tax dollars" or "unconstitutional to look for burned out comets" in 3, 2, 1...

[DonaldC]

Amazing the earth made it this long. Being it is so fragile to not take a little heat or the occasional impact.

[philly-d-kidder]

Thats sounds like what happened to Soddom and Gamorrah just after GOD said their lifestyles were an abomination!

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

Small Comets and Our Origins
University of Iowa | circa 1999 | Louis A. Frank
Posted on 10/19/2004 11:13:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1250694/posts

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The Cycle of Cosmic Catastrophes: Flood, Fire, and Famine in the History of Civilization by Richard Firestone, Allen West, and Simon Warwick-Smith

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[willgolfforfood]

Then again, one could hit Washington DC. I’d probably be so grateful, I’d name my kid after it.

[KarlInOhio]

Pissin' and moanin' about "need gov't grant money" or "waste of tax dollars" or "unconstitutional to look for burned out comets" in 3, 2, 1...

Well, you ruined all my fun, so here's what Rev. Wright has to say:

NASA would have you believe that just because a comet is dark it is evil and ugly compared to the white comet. Well, America's comets are coming home to roost.

[GeronL]

wasn’t there a green poison comet passing?

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, it’s called the Stimulus Package. /rimshot

[rollo tomasi]

[SunkenCiv]

That guy can sure tell quite a tail.

It’s kinda like sweets to the sweet in reverse I suppose...

[SunkenCiv]

Moscow, or Tehran, maybe.

[Eaker]

Artist depiction.

[marron]

I’d love to see us plant some kind of telemetering package on one of these that comes close, sort of like hanging a radio on a wild animal just to see where it goes, taking some kind of readings all the way. Don’t know what kind of readings, surely there are smart people that could figure that out. I just want to be able to click on the web cam beaming back from the outer reaches of the solar system, and listen to the electronic noise set to music.

[Billthedrill]

Dunno, but if I see one more ad with those disgusting, nekkid, hairy tummies on it next to the news story I’m gonna start praying for a dark comet to end it all.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, it could be worse.

[SunkenCiv]

Isaac Asimov suggested planting a satellite on a comet for outer solar system exploration, suggesting that it would be quicker than building whatever kind of fast propulsion system we could manage. Of course, it’s pretty unlikely that we could build something that could hang on tight enough — unless it was one of these asteroids / dark comets. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

:’) That “Runaway Train” track is one of their best tunes ever, IMHO.

[SunkenCiv]

It’s like Michelangelo reborn. ;’)