russia's federal space agency chief anatoly perminov would like to blow up an asteroid that may or may not be heading toward earth. an interesting storyline thus far..
>>781 Yes, some time ago, scientists say that one is coming close enough to worry about, somewhere around 2029, an asteroid may hit us!
But I say, even if it's not going to hit us, let's blow something up! :D
Why am I the only one that knows we have nothing that could alter the course of anything that's large, and moving very fast in space!
Besides, after we're all dead on Dec. 21, 2012, any asteroids that hit, will be striking an empty planet! ;D
"People's lives are at stake. We should pay several hundred million dollars and build a system that would allow us to prevent a collision, rather than sit and wait for it to happen and kill hundreds of thousands of people," says perminov.