[FPSPACE] Yeah, but can it reliably find 75 meter dead comet fragmens?

Brian Dunbar brian.dunbar at liftport.com
Thu Feb 7 21:36:19 EST 2008


Jim Davis wrote:
> LARRY KLAES wrote:
> 
>> If we continue to stay on Earth and remove the one thing that is the
>> equivalent of a good swift kick in the pants, we will eventually die from
>> overpopulation, a lack of resources, and general malaise and stagnation.
>>
>> We became just intelligent enough to realize this hazard from the Cosmos,
>> now let us heed Nature's warning and head out into the Final Frontier,
>> rather
>> than sit on porch with a loaded rifle.
> 
> Larry, take these arguments out back and put them out of their 
> misery. They have yet to convince one person to move off earth. 
> Including everyone on the list.
> 
> Jim Davis

I don't think that's a fair argument, Jim.  It's not as if there is a
way for anyone to actually get to orbit, unless you spend half of your
life working for the government.

And Larry ... our track record is pretty good so far.  Civilizations
will stagnate and fall but humans are pretty tough and hard to kill.

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