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

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Jul 25 21:26:47 2005
Message-ID: <200507260125.j6Q1Ppe05009_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

>
> 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!

It's a philisophical question. But in all these natural disasters, we
do take steps to try to mininize the human lives lost, through monitoring
and early warning systems, and evacuations. We would try to stop any of
them if we could.

Ron Baalke
Received on Mon 25 Jul 2005 09:25:50 PM PDT