Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid

Re:Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid by jsz0 on Thursday December 31, 2009 @10:28AM (#1024389)

This would be a great opportunity to land a probe with some serious drilling equipment. I bet there's a lot of interesting material in that asteroid. I'm not sure changing the trajectory is a great idea though. Seems kind of risky. What if it breaks into smaller pieces? At least do it after it has passed the Earth this time around.

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Re:Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid by dirtbox on Thursday December 31, 2009 @11:01AM (#1024437)

There would be nickel, iron and rock. I think our time would be better served building bomb shelters. I trust NASA's prediction far more than Russia's attempts at "diverting" it.

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