Explosive data mining robots could be sent to hazardous asteroids

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noxious @ Jan 22nd 2007 3:49PM

when are people going to learn that blowing up an asteroid could potentially be worse than leaving it alone. Does anyone watch the science channel or is it just me?

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jdog @ Jan 22nd 2007 8:46PM

It'd be better to send a rocket out to an approaching asteroid, depending on its size, and detonate a very powerful nuke just in front of its path. It could then shove it off course or bring it to a screeching halt, maybe send it back where it came from.

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