Re: Location, Location, Location!

In article <12p94n7suefb114@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Joe Strout wrote:

But we DO know things about it. We know that there are disasters that
could happen, and like any probability, the longer out you look, the
more likely such a thing is to happen. It's like rolling dice: you
don't know exactly when a 12 is going to come up -- it's fairly unlikely
on any individual roll -- but if you keep playing, it'll eventually
happen. In the same way, if we all stay on Earth, it'll eventually
happen that a civilization-smashing asteroid will come along,


http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20973995-954,00.html
Asteroid deflection is far, far, easier than terraforming planets; in
fact, once you had the level of technology to terraform planets,
asteroid deflection should be a piece of cake.

Well, yeah. Who said anything about terraforming planets?
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  • Re: Location, Location, Location!
    ... could happen, and like any probability, the longer out you look, the more likely such a thing is to happen. ... It's like rolling dice: you don't know exactly when a 12 is going to come up -- it's fairly unlikely on any individual roll -- but if you keep playing, ... Asteroid deflection is far, far, easier than terraforming planets; in fact, once you had the level of technology to terraform planets, asteroid deflection should be a piece of cake. ...
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  • Re: Location, Location, Location!
    ... Joe Strout wrote: ... Asteroid deflection is far, far, easier than terraforming planets; in fact, once you had the level of technology to terraform planets, asteroid deflection should be a piece of cake. ...
    (sci.space.policy)