Asteroid Impacts On Earth: A Protection Plan


	Asteroid Impacts On Earth: A Protection Plan

Silkweaver

7-3-2008 9:49 PM

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astroids, astroid impact prevention

Silkweaver says:

Indeed, over billions of years, the Tree of Life here on Earth has been whacked time and time again by what Schweickart labeled as “the crazy cosmic gardener.”

“The good news is that we can do something about this,” the former astronaut explained. “The marriage of we human beings and the machines that we’ve created are now at a level of capability which enables us to fire the crazy cosmic gardener. We can stop this process from occurring again.”

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7-3-2008 10:05 PM

silvanaraihane

I wish they would get a move on and give us protection now!

7-4-2008 11:40 AM

tabsey

A movie was made about such a situation, so the Pentagon will be fully prepared.

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