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NASA Needs More Money to Hunt Killer Space Rocks, Report Says
SPACE.com ^
| Wed Aug 12, 2009
| Tariq Malik
Posted on 08/13/2009 1:41:50 PM PDT by presidio9
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posted on
08/13/2009 1:41:51 PM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
"Astronomer Donald Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object program office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has said that about 15 percent of the objects 460 feet wide and larger have been found, and only 5 percent of objects down to about 164 feet (50 meters) in size."
Hmmm. I'm sure he is basing this on some statistical model, but I can't help but think there's a certain amount of arbitrariness to these percentages...
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posted on
08/13/2009 1:48:32 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(The emperor has no pedigree.)
To: presidio9
So will just tracking the d@mn things make them miss colliding with planet earth? I didn’t think so.
To: JoeProBono
Don’t believe them, they really want the money to keep watching the skies for the advancing intergalactic armada.
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posted on
08/13/2009 1:50:01 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
To: presidio9
“We have 18 days”
Paging Bruce willis/ Harry Stamper
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posted on
08/13/2009 1:54:54 PM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: presidio9
“We have 18 days”
Paging Bruce Willis/ Harry Stamper
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posted on
08/13/2009 1:55:08 PM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: presidio9
Need more quarters...
To: presidio9
Between global warming and killer space rocks, it only makes sense to spend like there is no tomorrow. /s
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posted on
08/13/2009 1:57:08 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Hegemony Cricket; MIchaelTArchangel; a fool in paradise; Blueflag; Snickering Hound
Who are these guys kidding? This is just a handout request. We've had the ability to destroy hundreds of these things for a quarter since about 1979, and for free at home on an Arari system a couple of years later.
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posted on
08/13/2009 1:59:57 PM PDT
by
presidio9
("Don't shoot. Let 'em burn.")
To: a fool in paradise
10
posted on
08/13/2009 2:01:42 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: presidio9
So, how ‘bout some money for some asteroid killers to go along with the money to track killer asteroids?
11
posted on
08/13/2009 2:02:00 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Do we have a Plan B?)
To: BradyLS
Killer space rocks is a better bet. there is at least some proof of them hitting the earth. Got a few friends in DARPA/NASA biz and they agree with this guy. We have only spotted 15% of the rocks that might be headed our way. Lots of times we have near misses that we find out afterward or only a few days ahead.
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posted on
08/13/2009 2:02:10 PM PDT
by
ClayinVA
("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
To: presidio9
Actually, deep down, they figure “start small.” Ask for funding for Killer Space Rock Watch Program today. Somewhere down the road, your great grand nephews ask for funding for a Starfleet Command!
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posted on
08/13/2009 2:02:57 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: presidio9
Too bad they just canceled that totally awesome, super-successful missile system that shot down that one satellite.
To: Suz in AZ
Too bad they just canceled that totally awesome, super-successful missile system that shot down that one satellite. Of course, the rocks we're talking about start at several million times more massive than a satellite.
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posted on
08/13/2009 2:05:14 PM PDT
by
presidio9
("Don't shoot. Let 'em burn.")
To: BradyLS
A Starfleet Command I wouldn’t mind funding.
Its the bs, I mind funding.
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posted on
08/13/2009 2:05:48 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(Do we have a Plan B?)
To: ClayinVA
Lots of times we have near misses that we find out afterward or only a few days ahead.
That recent hit on Jupiter took everyone by surprise. Any of the asteroids in Langrangian points in Jupiter's orbit could easily be knocked out of sync and wipe us all out. I would think that cataloging near Earth objects should be a prerequisite for and one of NASA's top priorities. Going to the moon is nice but what's the point if there's nothing to come back to. The odds are small yes, but we've seen more than one collision in these recent years.
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posted on
08/13/2009 2:11:00 PM PDT
by
allmost
To: presidio9
When government people want money, they create a crisis.
To: Hegemony Cricket
Here's a solution.....don't know how to get it into space.
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posted on
08/13/2009 2:26:34 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: presidio9
We don't need missiles. What we need is a frigging laaassser. We can call it the Alan Parsons Project.
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posted on
08/13/2009 2:30:30 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
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