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Defending Earth From Asteroids With MADMEN

Posted by simoniker on from the denial-of-armageddon dept.

jolomo writes "A partner of Atlanta-based NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts is working on a concept they call MADMEN (Modular Asteroid Deflection Mission Ejector Nodes), which would launch a distributed attack against large Earth-bound objects. Thousands of MADMEN could be built by many nations and when launched, each would land on the object, drill into its surface and remove enough material to change its course."

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  1. Not the greatest threat... by koh · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't want to be OT here, but if you ask me what is the greatest danger right now for the planet, I certainly would not answer "destruction by an asteroid".

    OTOH, the various side-effects linked to e.g. heavy pollution (courtesy from all of us but mostly from some countries *cough* usa *cough*) are quite damaging right here, right now.

    Would it be possible to try and use this tech to build some distributed devices to resolve our immediate problems before focusing on asteroids ??

    Sorry for the rant...

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  2. Re:Hmmm, let's think about this for a sec. by clausiam · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Funny - this isn't even a RTFA but a RYOFP (Read Your Own F.... Post).

    Thousands of MADMEN - not thousands of NATIONS.

    /Claus

  3. Missile Command by roomisigloomis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is it me or does this sound like these scientists have been playing Missile Command on KnoppixMAME? What do we do about little green men? Defender?

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