[LibWhacker]

I'm with you, Parsy, on the practical approach . . . But I do have a soft spot for basic research, and if it were up to me, I'd increase its funding a hundred-fold, almost across the board, and research in physics a thousand-fold or more. Whatever it takes. I'm a sucker; I think it'll be our salvation. :-)

[parsifal]

Agreed. We need to establish humans on another planet ASAP. One day one of these asteroids is going to clobber us good. I think we need to get a move on to establish means of detection and destruction.parsy.