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Baylink
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 Is there a *Rocket Scientist* in the house? You guys might be amused by some of the comments on , about the asteroid that's going to skim us in 3 days.
Orbital mechanics? Why would we geeks need to understand *that*?
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PeterScott
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Re: Is there a *Rocket Scientist* in the house? Yeah, reminds me of when I started in the navigation group at JPL. They think of places in the solar system in terms not of distance away but delta-v required to get there.
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sakeneko
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Re: Is there a *Rocket Scientist* in the house? Did you ever run into Bridget Landry at JPL, or was this before the last ten years or so?
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PeterScott
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Re: Is there a *Rocket Scientist* in the house? I know the name but we have not met.
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NickDoten
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Re: Is there a *Rocket Scientist* in the house? what i did notice about the asteroid zipping closely by terra was the lack of fanfare of any sort- seems it was either not considered news or it was suppressed to some degree (?) hmmmmmmmm.... don't frighten the populace, they may react "strangely" type of thing?
as an avid (front to back page) reader of the newspaper, i find it startling that this was never broached in a paper of considerable circulation until "after" it occured
anyone else see this happen?
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PeterScott
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Re: Is there a *Rocket Scientist* in the house? There have been media reports of asteroids making close approaches for decades. I don't see anything special about this one. It's all gotten a bit ho-hum. When they report one on a collision course, then you might see a bit more interest.
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NickDoten
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Re: Is there a *Rocket Scientist* in the house? Peter I wasn't expecting front page news on this. Rather, I felt it bore mentioning at the least ! From what I read, it passed within the orbit of the moon. This, in the least, should have rated at least a paragraph in the general news section-at least for the zealots awaiting the arrival of the mothership  - how big was this piece of rock? Nick ps: ho-hum ? if one were on a collison course what publicity would be allowed? (speculatively, would this be suppressed to avoid wide spread panic and we'd be allowed to work till the "smack"?)- just wondering
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beamjockey
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Re: Is there a *Rocket Scientist* in the house?
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PeterScott
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PeterScott
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