"it seems to be a genuine concern for these believers"
Believers are genuinely concerned about a lot of things.
Most of it doesn't exist though, and so doesn't affect the rest of us.
Posts by Crisp
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Russian Christians boosted by Pussy Riot law spank 'sinful' Apple logo
ISS crew fling out arm, grab SpaceX Dragon capsule
Is lightspeed really a limit?
Big Blue bigwig: Tiny processor knobs can't shrink forever
Apple Maps too good for Taiwanese military
Man charged over alleged April Jones Facebook trolling
Mystery martian object is relic of (our) civilisation
WoW cities wiped out by 'exploit'
Experts mull 'kill switch' for stock-wrecking techno-blunders
Now Space Station forced to DODGE flying Japanese junk
'Leaked' doc shock: BT denies inflating prices for rural broadband rollout
Rapper rips up Microsoft's Atlanta store during performance
Formlabs preps first home stereolithic 3D printer
Pirate Bay site sinks, Swedish police raid its ISP
Climate change threatens to SHRINK FISH AND CHIP SUPPERS
Nominet mulls killing off the .co from .co.uk
Draft UK libel law forces websites to axe mudslinging comments
Space Station ready to SWERVE sat junk hurtling towards it
Thursday 27th September 2012 10:48 GMT
Re: What ever happened to the "Right Stuff"?
Actually, I believe that ablating part of a chunk of debris with a laser would impart some delta-v to the chunk in question. Vaporising or blowing up a chunk of debris would be an unfeasible solution. But providing enough thrust with laser to either knock it out of orbit, or knock it off course enough to miss the station is entirely doable. You use the laser to provide power, and the debris itself is it's own reaction mass.
I think that there are rocket engines based on the idea of firing a powerful laser from a distance to ablate material from the back of a space ship in order to provide it with thrust.
Thursday 27th September 2012 09:36 GMT
Re: What ever happened to the "Right Stuff"?
I contend that the only way to effectively deal with space debris is with a giant frickin laser.
That way, the first bit of space debris to cross the ISS path could be blasted to smithereens and made an example of to others.
I would also accept a swarm of micro satellites as a solution for the job.
McFlurry McMisdemeanour costs Welsh lass McJob
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Blazing new comet may OUTSHINE THE MOON in 2013
Hobbyist star-gazer cops amazing eyeful of Jupiter's space ball
Aga-saga doyenne ponders how to put ebooks in public libraries
Philippines pinches nose, averts eyes, bans cybersex
Einstein's brain FOUND ON APPLE iPAD
Mmmm, delicious new sugar batteries keep gadgets up all night
iPhone 5 Lightning cables sticking in USB ports
Hitachi claims glass data storage will last millions of years
Christian footie match ends in almighty brawl
Made for each other: liquid nitrogen and 1,500 ping-pong balls
Ig Nobels 2012: Physics of ponytails, chimp arse-cognition and more
Hapless Kate topless, toothless law useless
Google 'dominance abuse' games may yet mean monster Euro smack
Climate sceptic? You're probably a 'Birther', don't vaccinate your kids
Friday 21st September 2012 10:26 GMT
Climate Skeptics
They are probably the ones that move my tools when I can't find them, and responsible for moving my coffee table in the dark to that I bang my shins on it.
From the tone of the article I reckon that Professor Stephan Lewandowsky believes that climate skeptics kick puppies and make potholes too.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
