[FPSPACE] Failure is the expected result of current NASA NEO efforts

[E.P. Grondine]

Hi Jens - 

Let's be upfront here, shall we? My impression 
is that you favor manned flight to Mars as the 
highest space priority, and your goal here is 
to waste as much of my time as possible, while 
casting aspersions on my technical analysis. 

You also think that there is no CO2-global 
warming link.

That's the only reason I can come up with for 
your persistance.

Now that we have that out of the way,  

You wrote:
>If an attempt to deflect a comet fragment that small is deemed
>worthwhile, then the time of its impact is precisely known. And
>the impact site is therefore restricted to a narrow corridor of
>land.

For 30, 60 or 90 meter fragments of Schwassmann
Wachmann 3, while it might by possible to deflect
them by hitting them with something the size of a 
desk if done far enough out, in other words just 
slow them down enough so they miss,nuclear charges 
will most likely end up being used, thanks in 
large part to Benny's steering the CC away from 
impact studies to global warming scepticism.
 
> As for Astronaut Schweikert's efforts, right about now I'm
> wondering if he needs driver for his golf cart. The ASE is
> focused on this now, and my hats off to him. Deflection
> discussions will be undertaken by the UN soon.
 
>> As will global warming discussions, and talks pertaining to
>> the global financial crisis?

Yes, but talks on the global financial crisis 
will come first, and are already taking place.

Here's something else you don't want to hear:
PER CAPITA CO2 output will form the basis for 
the next round of climate talks. The US will 
commit to reducing its CO2 output per capita,
but most likely not with Cap and Trade, 
thankfully.  

There will also be talks to contain the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict, and then to bring it to 
an end.

>> You focus on hypothetical SW3 fragments, 
>> which is ok, but it's hard to discuss the 
>> unknown. 

There's nothing theoretical about the SW3 fragments,
and it appears that the Earth was hit by them 
in 1930 (Rio Curaca) and 1935 (Rupunini).

>I wish to draw attention to a handful of known 
>NEAs in the hope that we may verify
>or eliminate the impact scenarios sooner rather than later.

Once again, its comets that form the bulk of the 
impact hazard, not asteroids. My opinion is 
based on data for 13,000 years in the Americas.

>And BP has realized that asteroids and comets move at a
>speed entirely different from that of a man's career :-)   

Benny sold out comet impact to get Morrison's 
endorsement for global warming scepticism. 
The British NEO detection teams are now begging
for money.

Occasionally Benny will let some real climate 
science slip through, but generally the CC is 
now simply nothing but propaganda. Solutions 
that work are never mentioned, nor is nuclear
electric generation.

Benny has not even considered the holes in the 
ozone and their effect on climate. The variability
caused by them appears to be intense: old 
neighbors in New Orleans were washed away by 
Katrina.

> Damn it, Damn it, Damn it, Damn it, but I'm tired of this.
> It's difficult for me to type, and I'm simply exhausted.
> If Benny had not taken the Cambridge Conference over to
> promoting anti-global warming propaganda, somebody else
> who you believe would've told you this, and that would've
> been the end of it.
>
> Ed

E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas
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