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To: Triffin who wrote (28)	7/13/1999 2:53:00 AM
From: Level Head	Read Replies (1) of 38

Just why are we spending 250 million dollars to change a comet's orbital path ?? To see if we can do it ?? Or because we have to do it ?? Jim in CT .. NASA needs a better cover story .. First, the intent of the mission is not to change the comet's path. It will, slightly, but a bug hitting your windshield slows your car slightly. The point is to learn more about comets. As was pointed out earlier on the thread, they (and asteroids) will be useful objects to mine someday, and knowing what is in the interior will help judge the feasibility. I'd like to see NASA out of the shuttle/station business entirely (which private enterprise could do), and focusing on pure research missions like these. Level Head

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