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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. Re:Experiment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    DUH. He's French.

    The other part comes from dropping the gun.

  2. Re:Only in Atlanta... by raider_red · · Score: 0, Troll

    Only in Atlanta would an idea like, "Shoot it a bunch of times and see if it goes away" would such a solution be born.

    Sounds a lot like something they'd think of in Arizona too.

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  3. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That is the stupidest idea. Ever.

  4. I just wanted to feel the power between my legs by jeoin · · Score: 0, Troll

    I want to be a mad man.. comeon.. vote for me..

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  5. Re:Experiment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    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."

    Speaking of madmen, I bet if the dirty arabs could actually put something in space, they'd try to redirect the asteroids to kill jews.

  6. As far as I can tell... by narftrek · · Score: 0, Troll

    As far as I can tell, there are thousands of MADMEN already running rampant in many nations OURS INCLUDED.

  7. In Soviet Russia... by BillX · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...Humans throw little rocks from big r...oh.

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