>moon in that case), if it doesn't make it, it rains down on our heads,
>and we suffer now rather than leaving it to our descendents.

You are wrong about that imho. A slight miss on an object on a Hohman
(sp?) orbit with apohelion at earth orbit level and perihelion above the
sun (that's the miss) would have maximum probability to impact with earth,
but it may take 1000 years to do so.

Peter

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