I’d heard it was some entrepeneurs want to start prospecting and mining asteroids, for both the metals and volatiles (shades of Charles Sheffield’s stories, not to mention C.J. Cherryh et al and Gerard O’Neill’s serious L4, L5 colonies.)
The hardest part is likely permission to launch anything that could even achieve LEO; if you can put anything in LEO, they can call it a weapon, even a crowbar!
The truth is, we need those big ol’ planets to catch as many rocks as they can…Did you ever notice the other side of the moon is riddled with the craters where big ole rocks hit..How many of those would have hit us if they didn’t hit the moon? To hit the other side of the moon, something has to be coming right at us…The big planets are like vacuum cleaners…We owe our lives to them….
I got a kick out of the asteroid that hit Jupiter, but broke into a lot of pieces and scattered itself around the globe…At the time, there was a debate going on about whether or not we should worry about big rocks from space killing us…Sounded kinda stupid, I have to admit…But when that thing crashed into Jupiter in a dozen huge parts…It seemed like Mother Nature saying, “What part of this don’t you understand?”
Bilan almost 12 years ago
Oops. Now we’re the moon.
margueritem almost 12 years ago
I think the asteroid was piloting the rocket…
pbarnrob almost 12 years ago
I’d heard it was some entrepeneurs want to start prospecting and mining asteroids, for both the metals and volatiles (shades of Charles Sheffield’s stories, not to mention C.J. Cherryh et al and Gerard O’Neill’s serious L4, L5 colonies.)
The hardest part is likely permission to launch anything that could even achieve LEO; if you can put anything in LEO, they can call it a weapon, even a crowbar!
Agent54 almost 12 years ago
At least they skipped over the Uranus jokes.
pbarnrob almost 12 years ago
From another perspective, “It followed me home! Can I keep it? We won’t need more methane and nitrogen for centuries!”
Kali39 almost 12 years ago
Meanwhile, the Sahara Desert is now the Sahara Ocean…
el8 almost 12 years ago
Saturn!?! Get your head out of Uranus, Brewster!
Varnes almost 12 years ago
Guess he didn’t planet that way…
Varnes almost 12 years ago
The truth is, we need those big ol’ planets to catch as many rocks as they can…Did you ever notice the other side of the moon is riddled with the craters where big ole rocks hit..How many of those would have hit us if they didn’t hit the moon? To hit the other side of the moon, something has to be coming right at us…The big planets are like vacuum cleaners…We owe our lives to them….
Varnes almost 12 years ago
I got a kick out of the asteroid that hit Jupiter, but broke into a lot of pieces and scattered itself around the globe…At the time, there was a debate going on about whether or not we should worry about big rocks from space killing us…Sounded kinda stupid, I have to admit…But when that thing crashed into Jupiter in a dozen huge parts…It seemed like Mother Nature saying, “What part of this don’t you understand?”
McSpook almost 12 years ago
I always wanted to own a Saturn.
Packratjohn Premium Member almost 12 years ago
My first thought? Saturnalia !!(Any excuse to pop a cork)
Varnes almost 12 years ago
corzac, thanks for the picture….
Herb Thiel Premium Member almost 12 years ago
No Sunday strip?
Ceceee almost 12 years ago
Sunday strip. Where?
CoBass almost 12 years ago
The Sunday Jan. 27, 2013 “Brewster Rocket”, courtesy of the Seattle P-I..