> Was just reading in "Astronomy" magazine I picked up at the newsstand.
> It was talking about collision threats, (i.e. Comets, Meteors,
> Asteroids). As was thinking. If we strategically positioned Hodawanec's
> "Gravity" sensors around the globe, wouldn't we actually have earlier
> warning about this impending doom based on the increased gravitational
> signature (due to the sensitivity of these detectors) coming from any
> certain direction? All these sensors could feed their signals to some
> master computer which would be able to provide the direction and
> velocity (which if I am not mistaken could be found indirectly by the
> strength of the gravitational flux). Earlier detection, more time to do
> something about it.
Around the globe? Neh. Try arranging equipment in orbit to detect changes
in the local charge field -- using multiple units to form an array of
sorts used for very long base interferometry. That'd be quite effective
as an early-warning system to detect rogue comets and other debris in the
system, chart their courses, and make predictions on where/when they might
impact... giving time for us to come up with some innovative solutions --
mass drivers, nuclear bombardment, resonating the mass to its destruction,
etc. etc. All of this is, of course, moot - considering the fact that
NASA, and indeed, all major space agencies seem more interested in what I
can only describe as (pardon my french): FUCKING AROUND. Instead of facing
real-world problems, they'd rather just go into space and explore the
depths of weightlessness and its effects on NON-ISSUES. I find that
extremely annoying, and a definite waste upon our tax dollars...
but what else is new, eh? :)