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- From: andy@osea.demon.co.uk (Andrew Haveland-Robinson)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!osea.demon.co.uk!andy
- Subject: Methods for meteor avoidance
- Distribution: world
- References: <a6cf4fff@Kralizec.fido.zeta.org.au>
- Organization: Haveland-Robinson Associates
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- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 00:37:24 +0000
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- In article <a6cf4fff@Kralizec.fido.zeta.org.au> brendan.woithe@f820.n680.z3.fido.zeta.org.au writes:
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- >After the meteor from last year passed withinn 4 minutes of the earth (the
- >large one), I was wondering if we have any system of avoiding these
- >large beasts??!! I read that if it hit the earth, millions could have died.
- >
- >With a problem like this, surely there must be some defence!!!
- >
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- One idea springs to mind if you know the time and direction of impact, get
- to the other side of the Earth PDQ! Or live in a polar climate, the chances
- of getting a direct hit should be a bit less, although similarly
- catastrophic to a perpendicular strike.
-
- I don't try to lie awake worrying about it though...
-
- Andy.
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