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Originally Posted by ngcles
In fact, virtually no NASA resources are expended on watching/monitoring/tracking Comet Elenin -- they have virtually no interest in it at all. Most of the work in tracking the brightness, behaviour, movement of Comet Elenin (and the 100's of other known comets) in the solar system is contributed to by 1000's of independent amateur astronomers spread all over the globe who do the job completely out of love for the science -- several are members of this forum. They are on no-one's payroll and answer to no-one. There is no viable conspiracy on this subject unless each and every one of them is involved.
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Well put Les, that's got to be the bottom line. All anyone is seeing is a somewhat mediocre comet conforming precisely to its calculated orbit (calculated to a large extent by amateurs, using principally amateur data), and now sputtering & fading away as its volatile resources are depleted. And there's nothing unusual in that. It's been the fate of a number of tiny, long period comets in the past.
It's frightening how easily a world-wide movement based on misinformation, misrepresentation and ignorance can flourish. Thanks for nothing Bill Gates!
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