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August 15, 2007
Lunar Ark
by Tina Grazier
Just remember, in case of a meteor shower we always go “two by two”. What? Keep reading…keep reading. Can you imagine, for instance, the screechin and cryin…scratchin and bitin…and all just to determine what constitutes a “couple”…never mind who gets to go!
National Geographic, perhaps in honor of the "Unusually Good" Meteor Shower Expected Tonight” has a related story to offer:
'Lunar Ark' Proposed in Case of Deadly Impact on Earth
The moon should be developed as a sanctuary for civilization in case of a cataclysmic cosmic impact, according to an international team of experts. *** NASA already has blueprints to create a permanent lunar outpost by the 2020s. (Read: "Moon Base Announced by NASA" [December 4, 2006].) *** But that plan should be expanded to include a way to preserve humanity's learning, culture, and technology if Earth is hit by a doomsday asteroid or comet, said Jim Burke, a scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. *** Burke, a project manager on some of the earliest American lunar landings, now heads an International Space University study on surviving a collision with a near-Earth object. *** An impact of the size that wiped out the dinosaurs hasn't happened since long before the rise of humans, he pointed out.
Would all “Moon Units” immediately assemble at the launch tower...water bottles OK...no razors, matches, fingernail clippers...ya dah, ya dah, ya dah!
Posted by Post Scripts at August 15, 2007 12:09 AM