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To: SunkenCiv

Several have suggested, and of course I have renewed my own long-standing proposal, to capture this asteroid and do something useful with the material.


152 posted on 12/28/2004 6:42:56 PM PST by RightWhale (Destroy the dark; restore the light)
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To: RightWhale
If it could parked with the Trojans (the asteroids dubbed "Trojans"), that would be kinda cool. Same goes for the others that run a little close. OTOH, as long as these things are known, and tracked, and are not a threat, the priority can remain to identify and characterize those currently unknown. Someday, assaying them and exploiting their mineral content will be done. :')

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158 posted on 12/28/2004 6:56:14 PM PST by SunkenCiv ("The odds are very much against inclusion, and non-inclusion is unlikely to be meaningful." -seamole)
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To: RightWhale
Several have suggested, and of course I have renewed my own long-standing proposal, to capture this asteroid and do something useful with the material.

Absolutely. It would probably make a nice display in a museum. Or, perhaps, a sculpture at the new WTC site.

Make a darn fine paperweight,too, I'd assume.

176 posted on 12/29/2004 5:15:29 AM PST by the invisib1e hand (Leftists Are Losers.)
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