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Re:NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from ... by InclinedPlane on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @12:45AM (#10695022)
We lack the ability to move a large enough asteroid to do any serious damage.
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Re:NASA official warns private sector: We’re moving on from ... by Pinckney on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @03:54AM (#10695436)
Not yet, but perhaps in the near future. The National Space Society has a proposal up for capturing 99942 Apophis via gravitational slingshot, which would be fairly damaging if we managed to crash it.
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