From fork-admin@xent.com  Thu Jul 25 11:10:07 2002
Return-Path: <fork-admin@xent.com>
Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.netnoteinc.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by phobos.labs.netnoteinc.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A610440D0
	for <jm@localhost>; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 06:09:31 -0400 (EDT)
Received: from phobos [127.0.0.1]
	by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0)
	for jm@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 25 Jul 2002 11:09:31 +0100 (IST)
Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org
    (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6P1ZY420813 for <jm@jmason.org>;
    Thu, 25 Jul 2002 02:35:34 +0100
Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix)
    with ESMTP id 1885A29416D; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 18:34:06 -0700 (PDT)
Delivered-To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org
Received: from relay.pair.com (relay1.pair.com [209.68.1.20]) by xent.com
    (Postfix) with SMTP id 2DDC9294167 for <fork@xent.com>; Wed,
    24 Jul 2002 18:33:27 -0700 (PDT)
Received: (qmail 88217 invoked from network); 25 Jul 2002 01:33:26 -0000
Received: from dsl-64-195-248-145.telocity.com (HELO golden)
    (64.195.248.145) by relay1.pair.com with SMTP; 25 Jul 2002 01:33:26 -0000
X-Pair-Authenticated: 64.195.248.145
Message-Id: <029a01c2337b$458f5310$640a000a@golden>
From: "Gordon Mohr" <gojomo@usa.net>
To: <fork@spamassassin.taint.org>
References: <001301c23359$d8208130$0100a8c0@PETER><m2n0sgojke.fsf@maya.dyndns.org>
    <2785.192.216.194.113.1027554367.squirrel@webmail.magnesium.net>
    <1027559672.2056.38.camel@avalon>
Subject: Re: Asteroids anyone ?
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-Msmail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
Sender: fork-admin@xent.com
Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com
X-Beenthere: fork@spamassassin.taint.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11
Precedence: bulk
List-Help: <mailto:fork-request@xent.com?subject=help>
List-Post: <mailto:fork@spamassassin.taint.org>
List-Subscribe: <http://xent.com/mailman/listinfo/fork>, <mailto:fork-request@xent.com?subject=subscribe>
List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare <fork.xent.com>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://xent.com/mailman/listinfo/fork>,
    <mailto:fork-request@xent.com?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://xent.com/pipermail/fork/>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 18:33:23 -0700

With enough warning, you might not even care about trying to divert 
the meteor -- you'd divert the Earth instead.

I recall reading many years ago about calculations, done separately
both by US and USSR scientists for different reasons, about the
effect of nuclear explosions on the moon's mass, and thus its orbit,
and thus also (over time) the Earth's path around the sun.

I believe the conclusion was that mild changes in the moon's 
composition would have the effect, over several years, of changing 
significantly where the Earth would be at any certain future point. 

Voila! No collision -- at least not with the initial threat. And
no need to travel out to anywhere near the meteor, either. Just
the moon.

- Gordon




http://xent.com/mailman/listinfo/fork