Whooops....darn. Actually the potential dates (now corrected on ASO) are 2089, 2096 and 2102 in addition to 2104 Thanks for pointing this out.... ... Dr....
Thank heavens. You had me worried. Doc G ... From: P. Clay Sherrod To: Meade-Uncensored@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: Re:...
... folks that ... about....it ... keeps me ... It could happen! I mean, something could be on us, like in a few months, and we'd be helpless. It seems as if...
... Great movie, BTW. I have all 17 movies that depict similar things (the most recent two being ARMAGEDDON and DEEP IMPACT). WHat's scary are the grazers...
WHat's scary are the grazers that approach from the direction of the Sun, like the ones we don't see until they've passed (several times now in the past...
Unlike in the movies, there will be very little that can be done to either thwart the impact of an asteroid traveling at better than 30,000 mph nor can there...
... either ... nor can ... Devastation ... entire globe, ... That's for sure. Another one I neglected to mention previously that occurred in our lifetimes...
... either ... mph nor can ... Devastation ... entire globe, ... Well at least we could go down fighting! The first thing that could be done would be to get...
... That would have my vote, esp. since the article earlier this week suggesting Earth-based scopes may be handicapped over the next 40 years due to pollution,...
... That's exactly what Thad was referring to by "grazers that approach from the direction of the Sun". If an asteroid's orbit crosses earth's orbit, that ...
... NASA just cancelled the "Dawn" mission to explore asteroids. On the other hand, there are two big projects in the works, to build large automated...
DRLunsford <antimatter33@...> wrote: Whew - that's 2102, not 2012 :) Nice heads up! -drl Glad for the correction...The original email had me practicing...
... the timing ... time, there's ... short-term ... rock into ... I think this is better as a last resort than being impacted by a large object! There is no...
Please note, this is *NOT* an assertion about the value of weapons, military, etc... However, ... The design goals for both purposes are identical. Maximum...
Nuclear devices would be like bounding bottle rockets off of an asteroid; the density of these objects is so great that nothing more than a surface scratch ...
My apologies to Bruce Willis as well... On the other hand, Ben Aflack should apologies to us! Robert Dinero he ain't. I concur with the good doctor. The threat...
... Because if it had been done there wouldn't be people answering "I don't know" in response to the questions this poses. At present there are over 40,000...
... to ... What makes you think those people are on this group, or if they are what makes you think they could or would talk about nukes mated to a launch...
Has anyone used an ETX-90 as a guiderscope? I have an ETX-90 and my CPC 1100 has just arrived at my family's home in the States. Once I get back there and...
... Nobody said they were and I doubt any are here. ... Because the discussions in that regards have been public for years now, going back to at least 1999....
I wish I could give you more advice based on experience. Since you already own one, your practical experience may be greater. I bought an ETX90 specifically as...
I've always heard that most asteroids are thought to be "rubble piles". Investigation of the rotation rates show that they virtually all rotate at rates low...
... I don't know if any are on this list, but plenty of them are on MPML, and this is definitely not an easy question, and the answers so far have not been...
Does anyone have a reference web site or pictures of how to dissassemble the base and arm of the one-arm DSX mounts from Meade? Looking for pictures of motor /...
Hello, Thank you to accept me with you ;-) First of all, excuse my english but i'm french ! I've bought a Meade StarFinder 203 to a friend. During the ...
