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It Came From Outer Space

Posted by michael on from the evolution dept.

stylewagon writes: "Some Japanese scientists have applied to bring some asteroid samples back to Earth, specifically to Woomera in South Australia, in order to study their geology."

2 of 5 comments (clear)

  1. The Thing by stx23 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This isn't going to be good, mutant ice cream will soon inherit the Earth.

  2. Orbital Bombardment... by MWLongworth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...is we really want.
    Launch probe, collect asteroids, return to earth. The Japanese effort only returns _samples_, but with a bigger probe, and better targeting, anything is possible.
    I wonder how many people will elect Redmond, Washington as the first target.

    Asteroid mining is another (far more peaceful, and therefore boring and not as deserving of development resources) application.

    This .sig typed manually, because I can't be bothered automate it