From: mstreet@internode.on.net   
      
   Bounty wrote:   
      
   > Why oh why do I want to go all the way to that grey thing, when there's   
   > more economical business to be done nearer home with the right rock   
   > from outer space? This is a smart idea - was a smart idea... still   
   > plain wishful thinking.   
   >   
   All you need to do is get a dinosaur-killer-sized asteroid into orbit closer   
   than the moon without risking it hitting the earth.  Funnily enough, I   
   think a lot of people mightn't like that idea.   
      
   Good luck being allowed to do it even without technical obstacles.   
      
   I think asteroids in the longer term have a major role to play in space   
   exploration and colonisation, but FFS keep 'em away from the earth! :-)   
      
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   Malcolm Street   
   Canberra, Australia   
   The nation's capital   
      
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