[Magdalen] Murdoch

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Well, either things will sort themselves out -- or they won't.

The earth will be engulfed by the sun when it goes red giant in a couple
billion years in any case -- unless we are able to get hold of a few large
asteroids and do close fly-bys to pull us into a higher orbit.  We need to
be at 1.13 AU (astronomical units) to have a chance.

The core will not lose enough velocity of churning to stop the magnetic
field for the time left between the present and the time when the sun will
envelop the earth (vaporizing it entirely).

We could, of course, be hit by some rogue super heavy object and all life
wiped out, but so far as we know, this is not going to happen for the next
decade or so. However, our survey of the sky is far from complete, and
there is always the chance of some object coming at us out of the sin's
direction, where it's hard to spot these guys until the jig is up.

So, you see, it may not really be a big deal after all.

Or ... (for those of you who have been paying attention) ...



The horse may talk!



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Watch what you're saying about short people there, Randy Newman!
>
> > On Sep 10, 2015, at 3:27 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > They are all Short People.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Murdoch and Dick Cheney are part of the Undead.........
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 1:16 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> He's 85. God and Mother Nature will take care of this in good time.
> >>> Before Greenland melts most likely.
> >>> -M
> >>>
> >>>> On Thursday, September 10, 2015, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> It is to puke.....
> >>
>