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- inactive, on 11/25/2008, -2/+46Asteroids
- binchaud, on 11/25/2008, -1/+30Dibs on Liv Tyler.
- Trekhawk, on 11/25/2008, -0/+22A big price tag you say? No problem. Pull up next to the tax-payer trough next to AIG and CITI. There's plenty to go around...somehow.
- zeebo, on 11/25/2008, -1/+21Surveying the near earth asteroids, especially the ones that have orbits that cross the earth's should be Nasa's top priority. As much as I think that colonization of Mars is important for our long term survival, if an asteroid like Apophis hits the earth it could be all over for us much sooner.
I'd much rather have a few dozen robotic missions, than a few manned missions. Nasa is horribly underfunded for how important it is. If people want to bitch about price, remind them that we spend billions on fighter jets and bombers to fight guys running around with AK-47s. I think that space exploration is well within the budget. - Disgod, on 11/25/2008, -0/+13At least we might actually get some good ***** back out of a big space program. New technologies, etc. which could be worth trillions in the end.
- mysn239, on 11/25/2008, -3/+15***** ARMAGEDDON BITCH
- Xihix, on 11/25/2008, -0/+12Increase NASA's budget under President Obama? Tee-hee.
- inactive, on 11/25/2008, -2/+12Mars, bitches
- dafragsta, on 11/25/2008, -0/+10Are you seriously going to be bored if they land on a ***** ASTEROID?!
- ZorkFox, on 11/25/2008, -0/+9Seriously? Asteroid mining is going to pay for your trips to Mars and Europa.
- binchaud, on 11/25/2008, -2/+11He is the submitter, stupid.
- Ghoztt, on 11/25/2008, -1/+8Start colonizing the moon. It's close, and we have great supplies on a close neighbor of the moons' - Earth.
- kplo, on 04/01/2009, -1/+7Bust out the Aerosmith!
- psevium, on 11/25/2008, -0/+6Private sector is nowhere near able to explore space, they can barely make it into orbit
- mysn239, on 11/25/2008, -3/+9YIPPEE KAY YAY *****
- pakiranian, on 11/25/2008, -0/+6***** that... i wanna learn as much about the universe as i possibly can before i die
- seltaeb4, on 11/25/2008, -0/+5But the mynocks will eat all the cables.
- TheJuggernaut, on 11/25/2008, -0/+5If they don't put that bomb down in a hole 800 feet onto a fault line, all you're gonna have is a real expensive fireworks show.
- ijwhelan, on 11/25/2008, -0/+5That's no moon...
- davidg11, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4***** the moon.
Mars and Europa. - metapop, on 11/25/2008, -2/+6the submitter spelled it wrong, idiot.
- agimat, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4Just send Bruce Willis and his crew so it'll be cheaper. They'll also be ready to go in just a month or so.
- inactive, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4To drill for ice?
- rheaume, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4Put the crack pipe down.. slowly...
- zeebo, on 11/25/2008, -0/+4If you don't know the composition of the thing you're trying to deflect then firing a nuclear weapon at it could be a very bad idea. Depending on what the object is made of and how much time you have the strategy for safe deflection can change greatly.
- inajeep, on 11/25/2008, -1/+5Go watch movies with explosions and stop bothering people.
- Tbyrd073, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3And what's wrong with them being ambitious?
- Jektal, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3To further knowledge?
- diggface5000, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3Yeah I seem to remember a deep impact mission where they were surprised at the composition of a comet. These things turn out to be more porous than they look sometimes which makes firing missiles at it risky. You don't want to blow it up into a bunch of smaller bits and have 10 impact sites.
- Zervaman, on 11/25/2008, -1/+4Oil? Who said anything about oil, bitch, you cooking?
- whiteonyx981, on 11/25/2008, -0/+3Give them time. The private sector has only been doing this for a short amount of time, and the competition will help a lot. NASA has had decades, and frankly, is taking steps backwards.
- Remelox, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2Many asteroids contain rare minerals that we are running out of on Earth.
Many planets contain rare minerals that we are running out of on Earth.
Going to an asteroid is a good way to find out how economically feasible it might be to do on a regular basis. Much learned in the engineering of such a project would advance technology in propulsion, materials, life support, and energy conservation. These advances trickle down to planes, cars, hopitals, batteries, power plants, and who knows where else.
One of the best ways to make giant advances in science is to tackle giant challenges. These advances in science benefit us all, whether you want to see the connections or not. - Restrikted, on 11/25/2008, -3/+5Stop studying this boring *****! Spend your time trying to get to Mars and make NASA exciting again, get people interested in something!
- darny, on 11/25/2008, -1/+3someone please tell me exactly why, and none of this circular "to further science" *****.
- B3TTS, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2the thumbnail also looks like a cigarette-butt rocket.
- RogerStrong, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2You can tell a lot about a planet's atmosphere and surface minerals by looking at them. But that won't tell you what's inside.
There's a reason ICBMs have multiple warheads instead of one big bomb: The bigger the bomb, the more energy is lost straight up into space. Several smaller warheads will do more damage than one larger warhead.
If the asteroid you're deflecting is a big rubble pile, popping a nuke on it might just break it into pieces, still heading towards us. We'd get hit by a shotgun blast rather than a bullet. - MarkusX, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2so true! Hahaha!
They could be finaced by the tobacco industry (slogan: "Go, fire one up!") or
by the anti-smoking campaigns (slogan: "Throw that next cigarette far away!")
it goes both ways. - darny, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2Interesting...but wouldn't scientists be able to tell the composition of the rock from earth in much the same way we know about the atmospheres, crusts and cores of other planets in our system?
- DeucesWild, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landings there.
- TnTBass, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2If Apophis comes after us, I'm sending in SG1.
If NEO comes after us, I'm sending Agent Smith.
Either way guys, we're fine. - darny, on 11/25/2008, -0/+2There's no need to actually visit these things in order to avoid earth collisions. If one of these NEO's was on a collision course, we could simply hit it from an appropriate angle with a warhead-equipped rocket or missile, and divert its course. There probably wouldn't even be a need to destroy it at all. Don't you read digg?
- metapop, on 11/25/2008, -4/+6NO YOU'RE THE STUPID
- FreckleEars, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1I think zeebo's point was that the space exploration missions in general, are much more important than a few extra weapons and their technology. I agree with you zeebo. The US and other developed countries should be funding new and more efficient technologies and trying to find out more about the universe and our solar system.
- honeybrass, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1we're whalers on the moon! we're whalers on the moon!
- c0balt279, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1They'll be doing their training Sims on the good ol` Atari machines.
- honeybrass, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1One small step for man, one even smaller step for space exploration.
- Jektal, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1FOR SCIENCE!
- Remelox, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1Because it is about asteriods! I don't know about you but I have never seen an article about asteriods before in my life. And I majored in asteronomony and matheticalmatics. Now I major in phisycs.
- Jektal, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1It's also a barren rock.
- diggface5000, on 11/25/2008, -0/+1I'd actually rather they learn more about the asteroids... The moon isn't lurking in the depths of space with the possibility of an unexpected earth impact.
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