OT: Re: Long-term storage (Was:...)

At 5:08 -0600 2/24/07, Chuck wrote: A reasonable question. At least the NH CD, and I thought the Voyager one as well but could be wrong about that, are *under* the MLI (insulation, about 15 sheets of metallized mylar alternating with a very loose-weave mesh). Most dust-grain-sized stuff will vaporize on the outer layer, then get stopped by the inner layers. There is the possibility of something pea-sized, but there's not just a lot of particles/cubic km out in the Kuiper Belt and Oort cloud. -- - Mark, 210-379-4635 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Large Asteroids headed toward planets inhabited by beings that don't have technology adequate to stop them: Think of it as Evolution in Fast-Forward.