Re: Space Debris

[Stan Friesen <swf@ElSegundoCA.ATTGIS.COM>]

Three points:

1. two years is *plenty* of time to do something about it, if we have
a basic space technology already in place.  Of course this *is* an
argument for maintaining a basic space technology - something Congress
is already aware of.

2. The effects would be no worse than the K-T impact, if even as bad.
(There is reason to suppose that the effects of the K-T impact were
amplified by other factors).

3. There are already large asteroids crossing the Earth's orbit, and
thus a large impact is likely well before the arrival of DM+61366.

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