Re: Deep Impact

From: Hal Finney (hal@rain.org)
Date: Thu Mar 12 1998 - 09:42:01 MST


One thing may be misleading about this discovery. The fact that we get
30 years' notice is not something we can typically expect.

It's entirely possible that a dinosaur killer (which could be considerably
smaller than 1997XF11) will appear with virtually no notice. We don't
have the ability to constantly monitor space for potential threats.

Hal



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