IP: Nasa aims to move Earth

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> Nasa aims to move Earth
>
> Scientists' answer to global warming: nudge the planet farther from Sun
>
> Robin McKie, science editor
> Sunday June 10, 2001
> The Observer
>
> Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet overheating: move
> it to a cooler spot.
>
> All you have to do is hurtle a few comets at Earth, and its orbit will be
> altered. Our world will then be sent spinning into a safer, colder part of
> the solar system.
>
> This startling idea of improving our interplanetary neighbourhood is the
> brainchild of a group of Nasa engineers and American astronomers who say
> their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our
> planet - effectively doubling its working life.
>
> --SNIP--
>
> http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4201561,00.html
>
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