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  • Re: xkcd: Comet Visitor

    From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Wed Oct 6 14:04:16 2021
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    On 10/6/2021 1:40 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Comet Visitor https://xkcd.com/2524/

    Nah, we don't need to clean up the place since Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is coming for a visit in 2031. Have you
    seen the asteroid belt ? It is a total mess.

    But not a mess which would reflect poorly on humanity - which is, I
    think, the concern of the characters in the strip.

    (I mean, that moon dust was pristine and untouched pre-1969.)

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    I doubt that there’s something about British culture
    that makes the country especially good at lipids.
    - Paul Krugman

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 6 12:40:03 2021
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    xkcd: Comet Visitor
    https://xkcd.com/2524/

    Nah, we don't need to clean up the place since Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is coming for a visit in 2031. Have you seen
    the asteroid belt ? It is a total mess.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2014_UN271_(Bernardinelli-Bernstein)

    Explained at:
    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2524:_Comet_Visitor

    Lynn

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Wed Oct 6 13:52:54 2021
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    On 10/6/2021 1:04 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 10/6/2021 1:40 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Comet Visitor https://xkcd.com/2524/

    Nah, we don't need to clean up the place since Comet C/2014 UN271
    (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is coming for a visit in 2031.  Have you
    seen the asteroid belt ?  It is a total mess.

    But not a mess which would reflect poorly on humanity - which is, I
    think, the concern of the characters in the strip.

    (I mean, that moon dust was pristine and untouched pre-1969.)

    Are you sure ? Didn't we bounce a few rockets off it in the early 1960s ?

    Lynn

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Wed Oct 6 16:51:26 2021
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    On 10/6/2021 2:52 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 10/6/2021 1:04 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 10/6/2021 1:40 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Comet Visitor https://xkcd.com/2524/

    Nah, we don't need to clean up the place since Comet C/2014 UN271
    (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is coming for a visit in 2031. Have
    you seen the asteroid belt ? It is a total mess.

    But not a mess which would reflect poorly on humanity - which is, I
    think, the concern of the characters in the strip.

    (I mean, that moon dust was pristine and untouched pre-1969.)

    Are you sure ? Didn't we bounce a few rockets off it in the early
    1960s ?

    The Ranger series - but those might be passed off as meteor impacts.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    I doubt that there’s something about British culture
    that makes the country especially good at lipids.
    - Paul Krugman

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  • From Robert Woodward@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Wed Oct 6 21:51:20 2021
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    In article <[email protected]>,
    Mark Jackson <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 10/6/2021 2:52 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 10/6/2021 1:04 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 10/6/2021 1:40 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    xkcd: Comet Visitor https://xkcd.com/2524/

    Nah, we don't need to clean up the place since Comet C/2014 UN271
    (Bernardinelli-Bernstein) is coming for a visit in 2031. Have
    you seen the asteroid belt ? It is a total mess.

    But not a mess which would reflect poorly on humanity - which is, I
    think, the concern of the characters in the strip.

    (I mean, that moon dust was pristine and untouched pre-1969.)

    Are you sure ? Didn't we bounce a few rockets off it in the early
    1960s ?

    The Ranger series - but those might be passed off as meteor impacts.

    There are Surveyors, Lunar Lander first stages, at least one moon buggy
    (or is it two?), several flags, one golf ball, plus Soviet and Chinese
    lunar landers. That's a lot of clean up.

    --
    "We have advanced to new and surprising levels of bafflement."
    Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan describes progress in _Komarr_. —-----------------------------------------------------
    Robert Woodward [email protected]

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