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Article #224Re: Swift-Tuttle Comet a threat to earth?
From: John F. Woods
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 17:30
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1992 17:30
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holger@esfra.sub.org (Holger Stegemann) writes: >steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu (Steinn Sigurdsson) writes: >>In article <ALTI.92Oct28201543@tanera.dcs.ed.ac.uk> alti@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Thorsten Altenkirch) writes: >> I understand that it is pretty unlikely that Swift-Tuttle will hit >> earth in 2126. However, I would like to know what would happen in the >> case such a big object would collide with our planet? I am not sure >>You die, I die, Everybody dies! >Calm down. Do you expect to live until 2126? OK. >IF the comet will really hit the earth (and it's not sure it does), >we and the next generations have about 120 years to think it over. On the other hand, it currently takes NASA about that long to plan and execute a major mission ;-). [My apologies to any actual NASA folks reading this.]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!eff!world!ksr!jfw From: jfw@ksr.com (John F. Woods) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: Re: Swift-Tuttle Comet a threat to earth? Message-ID: <17954@ksr.com> Date: 2 Nov 92 12:30:52 EST References: <1992Oct26.170011.1@uwovax.uwo.ca> <ALTI.92Oct28201543@tanera.dcs.ed.ac.uk> <STEINLY.92Oct28132635@topaz.ucsc.edu> <1992Oct30.134857.23107@esfra.sub.org> Sender: news@ksr.com Lines: 15