[FPSPACE] Grand projects

[E.P. Grondine]

cwdonald wrote:
"Yes, let us consider these grand projects. All of course NOT at tax payer expense.
Those who want to explore the stars or examine the planets should do so on their own dime/peso/lira/ruble."The problem here, cw, is that you're already a passenger on spaceship Earth. We do need to understand spaceship Earth, and sometimes the best way to do that is by looking at other planets.
Now occasionally junk in space hits spaceship Earth, temporarily rendering it uninhabitable. Stopping that from happening is going to require detecting that junk and changing its course. The best place to do that from is the Moon, as you will see in the CAPS analysis available here:
http://www.nss.org/resources/library/planetarydefense/index.htm
E.P.




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