Honeybees at a fifty year low.

[merrylander]

They are not worried because they figure "Not in my lifetime." The usual Screw youJack, I've got mine attitude.

[bobabode]

I'll agree that we should quadruple NASA's budget or more. The major threat is an asteroid impact and we're blind figuratively and actually. We need mo' bigger telescopes to identify which ones are on a collison course. Then we'll maybe have time to do something about it.

Maybe put some miners out in the asteroid belt to push those rocks around into more stable orbits first. Then we can go after the real bad ass threats out in the Oort Cloud, comets. Slow them down and drop 'em on Mars.

[piece-itpete]

Mine the asteroid belt! Yes!

I found it ironic that while everyone was watching that last close asteroid an unnoticed one hit Russia. But space is so big.

There is another bad scenario (actually many). A large drifter comes across the solar systems' path. Doesn't have to hit anything, just roil the system.

We might notice it decades in advance. But it wouldn't matter.

Pete

[bobabode]

We've been hit many, many times but the religulous luddites in congress keep cutting NASA's budget. The latest theories about the moon's formation have a large chunk of rock smacking a large amount of the earth's crust into orbit. Maybe that's what was meant about meeting Jesus up in the air when Armegeddon comes?

[piece-itpete]

T'weren't the GOP that killed the shuttle Bob It's what Rob said I believe. People are stupid.

I love this stuff. That moon theory has some backup in the composition of moon rock. The boffins also currently think that before the impact the earth was spinning 4 hour days, the other way!

And probably with its' axis perpendicular to the solar system, not tilted.

There's huge holes in a terraforming project. 'They' figure that Mars's early thicker atmosphere (and water) was blown away by solar wind, because a cooling core shut down its magnetic field.

It also means there's no protection from cosmic rays. Early onset cancer and dementia anyone?

How on earth (or mars? ) can we restart THAT?

Btw that's another horrible thing that can happen here

Pete

[bobabode]

Those SST's were supposed to be a stopgap at best, utilizing old '60s tech. What really did them in was obsolescence and political bickering. Maybe the Hope and Change dude could've jump started NASA again but your guys wouldn't get behind anything that may have burnished his image in the slightest.

[Mr. Lin]

What's so aggravating about this whole thing is summarized at the end of the article: The Europeans have decided to take a cautious approach out of concern for the environment, while we Americans have decided to "look into it" on the side, out of concern for profits.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

T'weren't the GOP that killed the shuttle Bob It's what Rob said I believe. People are stupid.

I love this stuff. That moon theory has some backup in the composition of moon rock. The boffins also currently think that before the impact the earth was spinning 4 hour days, the other way!

And probably with its' axis perpendicular to the solar system, not tilted.

There's huge holes in a terraforming project. 'They' figure that Mars's early thicker atmosphere (and water) was blown away by solar wind, because a cooling core shut down its magnetic field.

It also means there's no protection from cosmic rays. Early onset cancer and dementia anyone?

How on earth (or mars? ) can we restart THAT?

Btw that's another horrible thing that can happen here

Pete

What makes you think there has not already been an early onset of dementia? Look around DC.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Mr. Lin

What's so aggravating about this whole thing is summarized at the end of the article: The Europeans have decided to take a cautious approach out of concern for the environment, while we Americans have decided to "look into it" on the side, out of concern for profits.

Says it all, doesn't it?

Dave

[piece-itpete]

Yes, the wise and powerful gov't will sort those bees right out Maybe they can get together a Kyoto-like thing to fix them.

Originally Posted by merrylander

What makes you think there has not already been an early onset of dementia? Look around DC.

BAM!!

Pete