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Re:A planning page for asteroids 2009 FD and 2015 TB145 by shiftpgdn on Monday October 19, 2015 @04:03PM (#10415318)
I'm not suggesting it as a "minutes to go" safety measure. More of a "we have tons of rockets with nukes on them that can make it into space" just sitting around measure.
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Re:A planning page for asteroids 2009 FD and 2015 TB145 by retbull on Monday October 19, 2015 @08:03PM (#10416640)
Making it to space isn't enough. They have to be able to escape completely and deliver a very large warhead to the asteroid.
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