Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock?

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Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Bill Rutherford (07 Dec 2014 02:52 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Billye Gilbert (07 Dec 2014 03:13 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? greg caires (07 Dec 2014 03:55 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Evyn MacDude (07 Dec 2014 04:08 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? shadow@xxxxxx (07 Dec 2014 05:45 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Bill Rutherford (07 Dec 2014 06:31 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Ian Whitchurch (07 Dec 2014 07:38 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Richard Aiken (07 Dec 2014 14:47 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Billye Gilbert (07 Dec 2014 20:28 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Jeffrey Schwartz (09 Dec 2014 14:32 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? shadow@xxxxxx (08 Dec 2014 04:01 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Ian Whitchurch (08 Dec 2014 04:10 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? shadow@xxxxxx (08 Dec 2014 14:00 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Alex Goodwin (07 Dec 2014 15:23 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Bill Rutherford (07 Dec 2014 16:21 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Richard Aiken (07 Dec 2014 16:23 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Rich Trickey (07 Dec 2014 20:24 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? shadow@xxxxxx (08 Dec 2014 04:01 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Bill Rutherford (08 Dec 2014 05:25 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Kelly St. Clair (08 Dec 2014 07:18 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Kurt Feltenberger (08 Dec 2014 13:41 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? shadow@xxxxxx (08 Dec 2014 14:00 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Ian Whitchurch (08 Dec 2014 22:27 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Phil Pugliese (08 Dec 2014 23:09 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Ian Whitchurch (08 Dec 2014 23:31 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Richard Aiken (09 Dec 2014 00:05 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Thad Coons (08 Dec 2014 06:12 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Ian Whitchurch (08 Dec 2014 07:25 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? shadow@xxxxxx (08 Dec 2014 14:00 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Tim (08 Dec 2014 23:31 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Ian Whitchurch (09 Dec 2014 00:22 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Ian Whitchurch (09 Dec 2014 00:50 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Bruce Johnson (09 Dec 2014 16:17 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Jeffrey Schwartz (09 Dec 2014 17:06 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Richard Aiken (09 Dec 2014 17:32 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? shadow@xxxxxx (09 Dec 2014 17:04 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Jeffrey Schwartz (09 Dec 2014 17:44 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Tim (10 Dec 2014 00:50 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Jeffrey Schwartz (10 Dec 2014 15:19 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Tim (10 Dec 2014 23:06 UTC)

RE: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Anthony Jackson (10 Dec 2014 23:18 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? shadow@xxxxxx (10 Dec 2014 03:13 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Grimmund (12 Dec 2014 15:07 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Bruce Johnson (12 Dec 2014 16:46 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? shadow@xxxxxx (13 Dec 2014 02:16 UTC)

Re: [TML] Fueling from an icy asteroid or rock? Tim 10 Dec 2014 00:49 UTC

On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 12:43:40PM -0500, Jeffrey Schwartz wrote:
> But wouldn't the crater walls be pretty hot?
> And they'd steam off?

In vacuum, steam molecules depart the vicinity at a good fraction of a
kilometre per second.  There's no air getting in the way.

- Tim