14 Sep
2005
14 Sep
'05
8:09 p.m.
--- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote: <snip>
Rethinking it, a 1-kilometer object could be reduced to small rocks, rubble, and dust with repeated detonations of conventional explosives- no nukes needed.
Timely, since the Hayabusa satellite is current maneuvering 20km away from asteriod Itokawa - in preparation of a November soft landing on the asteriod. http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/enterp/missions/hayabusa/index.shtml http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/enterp/missions/hayabusa/today.shtml http://www.isas.ac.jp/e/snews/2005/0912.shtml - Canopus56(Kurt) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com