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NASA to 'lasso' a comet to hitchhike across the solar systemPreview
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2015-09-03 14:13
Unfortunately, it seems the NASA scientists made one fatal mistake... They didn't bother to read the opinions of Anonymous Cowards on the internet, who just last year throughly explained why the idea "makes no sense", and flies in the face of "basic orbital mechanics".
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=3880&cid=92923
On the plus side, I do appreciate CNET calling me "someone as smart as a rocket scientist" for having conceived the idea quite some time ago.
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=3880&cid=92923
On the plus side, I do appreciate CNET calling me "someone as smart as a rocket scientist" for having conceived the idea quite some time ago.
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