From: mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti.retro.com   
      
   "James Nicoll"  wrote in message   
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   > >   
   > You jest but in fact, I have seen at least one person object   
   > to our reckless alteration of planetary orbits. Really.   
      
   Your story reminds me of one guy who told me I was an idiot to propose   
   mining asteroids in the Main Belt.  He was convinced the Belt was the only   
   thing offering protection to the inner solar system from asteroidal   
   bombardment.  I asked him to take a look at the moon with a pair of   
   binoculars to judge to what extent the inner system has been protected from   
   bombardment.   
      
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   Regards,   
   Mike Combs   
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   By all that you hold dear on this good Earth   
   I bid you stand, Men of the West!   
                                                        Aragorn   
      
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