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== The Asteroid Threat ==
=== Defending Our Planet from Deadly Near-Earth Objects ===
=== Central 551.397 B9729a 2014 ===
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I prefer more numbers and less chat. No time to read, back to the library.

William E. Burrows


The Survival Imperative

Using Space to Protect Earth

Central 629.4 B972s 2006


  • read cover to cover ... interesting with some flakey thought
  • p170 Dyson energy collecting "spheres"
    • SSPS a "reflective panel" the size of Manhattan beaming energy to six*seven mile rectenna
    • Martin I. Hoffert physicist NYU, Sun in space is 8 to 10 times greater because of atmosphere, rotation, and cloud cover
    • Helium 3 from Moon
  • p196 Ray Eriksen (Massachutsetts aerospace engineer) touts space elevator, reducing cost from $10K to $100
  • p223 No lunar ore, He3 again

The Asteroid Threat

Defending Our Planet from Deadly Near-Earth Objects

Central 551.397 B9729a 2014


I prefer more numbers and less chat. No time to read, back to the library.

Burrows (last edited 2018-05-22 16:33:18 by KeithLofstrom)