Re: A Moon base is too far; an asteroid ship better alternative:)

From: Malcolm Street (mstreet_at_internode.on.net)
Date: 02/04/05 

To: sci-space-tech@moderators.isc.org
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 20:17:10 +1100

Bounty wrote:

> Why oh why do I want to go all the way to that grey thing, when there's
> more economical business to be done nearer home with the right rock
> from outer space? This is a smart idea - was a smart idea... still
> plain wishful thinking.
>
All you need to do is get a dinosaur-killer-sized asteroid into orbit closer
than the moon without risking it hitting the earth. Funnily enough, I
think a lot of people mightn't like that idea.

Good luck being allowed to do it even without technical obstacles.

I think asteroids in the longer term have a major role to play in space
exploration and colonisation, but FFS keep 'em away from the earth! :-) 

-- 
Malcolm Street
Canberra, Australia
The nation's capital

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