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From: rfc@briar.philips.com (Robert Casey;6282;3.57;$0201)
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Subject: Re: Galileo Gravity Boost
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Date: 24 Oct 89 20:29:55 GMT
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In article <93.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> mvac23!thomas@udel.edu writes:
>I've wondered about this idea myself.  By "using" this unrenewable
>resource, when the planets do finally fall into the sun, it will
>be man's fault again for speeding up the process.  Of course, it may
>be a little difficult to bring this to people's attention since it
>will be Billions And Billions of years before there is any noticable
>effects...  :-)

Just wait 'till they find out that a space probe is gonna steal some from the
Earth!  "You're going to make global heating worse!"  "Keep that up, and
you're going to crash the Earth into the Sun!"  
Is it necessary to   :-)?    :-)  :-)

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