[meteorite-list] An Asteroid Headed Our Way (2004 MN4 -99942Apophis)

[Chris Peterson]

A few hundred years ago the bubonic plague was a natural disaster. Should we 
throw away penicillin?

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Knudson" <peregrineflier at npgcable.com>
To: "Meteorite Mailing List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] An Asteroid Headed Our Way (2004 
MN4 -99942Apophis)


> Hi List,
> I have to ask, is it right to mess with "mother nature"?  From the 
> beginning
> of time cosmic events have been part of nature.  If  "mother nature" 
> thinks
> it's time for mankind to end, then do we have the right to stop it?
> Natural disasters are part of life, we will never stop earthquakes,
> tornados, tidal waves, hurricanes or volcano's, because we can not, should
> we stop asteroids just because we can? I say, let nature take it's coarse!
> : )  Heck, if it were not for asteroids, we would be watching out for
> T-rex's when ever we went out to the store for milk!  Mother nature knows
> what she's doing, let her do her thing!  Any women right activists out 
> there
> to give an opinion on this?
> Thanks, Tom