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Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican

From Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
Newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written, alt.books.arthur-clarke, alt.fan.heinlein
Subject Re: OT proposed - Want to Breathe on Mars? - Bacteria - from ScientificAmerican
Date 2018-06-22 20:00 -0500
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <pgk63t$jdo$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References (4 earlier) <pALJHw.K8t@kithrup.com> <pgcbq9$1j8$1@dont-email.me> <pgce0n$ae6$2@dont-email.me> <pgcea7$bhm$1@dont-email.me> <df6riddfrhj21rhpck3jpbvkfvl921u188@4ax.com>

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On 6/22/2018 7:58 PM, Chris Zakes wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:31:30 -0500,  an orbital mind-control laser
> caused Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> to write:
> 
>> On 6/19/2018 9:26 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>> On 6/19/2018 6:48 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> On 6/19/2018 7:46 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
>>>>> In article <pgc6jb$b36$1@dont-email.me>,
> 
> (snip)
> 
>>>>> An asteroid crashing into Mars is credited (?) with turning the
>>>>> planet's magnetic field off in the first place.  Whether doing it
>>>>> again would reboot the field is something I don't know.
>>>>
>>>> That is very tough to simulate.  Therefore, try it.  What could go
>>>> wrong ?
>>>>
>>> "Cockroach astronomers would call the period 'The Recent Heavy
>>> Bombardment'."
>>
>> Uh, we are talking about Mars.  Not Earth.  Please not Earth.
>>
>> Lynn
> 
> I saw a headline this morning:
> 
> "America Isn't Ready to Handle a Catastrophic Asteroid Impact, New
> Report Warns"
> 
> To which my immediate response was "Really? What was your first clue?
> And do you actually know the meaning of the word 'catastrophic'?"
> 
> The article itself isn't too bad, just a dumb headline.
> https://gizmodo.com/america-isnt-ready-to-handle-a-catastrophic-asteroid-im-1827014709
> 
> 	-Chris Zakes
> 		Texas

Hey, we are as ready as the dinosaurs were !

Lynn


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