Marrying asteroid defense and asteroid mining

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "Lucio de Souza Coelho"
wrote:
>
> On 6/22/06, Robert wrote:
>... like the one in south america..
>
> Being picky again: if you are talking about the KT Event, it took
> place in nowadays Mexico, which is considered part of *North*
America.
>

my bad, i was thinking it was a little farther south than that.

> Anyhow, I think that Humanity (or rather a tiny fraction of it)
> *could* survive another KT event. All you need is to stuff a big
> cavern with lots of supplies and a few thousand people, and let them
> locked in there for some years until dust settles and the sun starts
> to shine again.
>
> The problem with poor dinosaurs was that they could neither forecast
> nor plan for catastrophes.
>

that assumes that humans are any better at forseeing disaster and
planning for it. im afraid our track record is not that great in this
area.