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Re:Scientists to nudge asteroid off course as practice for p... by yohoho22 on Monday October 05, 2015 @01:16AM (#10330086)
> But still, there are failure modes and unintended consequence opportunities that should at least be thought about a bit, even if a very little bit.

I think it's highly likely that the people responsible for these projects will realize this. Do you disagree?

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Re:Scientists to nudge asteroid off course as practice for p... by mukundmr on Monday October 05, 2015 @03:39AM (#10330374)
Given the limited knowledge we have about space, how accurate are the assumptions that no harm will be done? We are still figuring out water on Mars and that is quite near to Earth.
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