In reply to Kyle Mcallister's message of Sun, 8 Mar 2009 17:22:23 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] >This is not the scale of skywatch program we need. If >people can scream about CO2 emissions, they damn sure >ought to get a bit scared when a rock is discovered >only 1.5 million miles away, heading basically right >for us. What could we do in less than a week?
Evacuate a city, which is approximately the amount of damage a 1 MT blast would do. >With >more advance notice, we might be able to do something. Larger rocks would be brighter in the sky, and would likely be detected earlier, giving us more time to act. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
