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ESA Plans Test of Asteroid Defense System
vinlud writes "It has been announced by Dutch television ESA has chosen the Don Quijote programme to investigate the possibilities of altering the collision course of asteroids heading for Earth. The program, selected among five other studies, contains two spacecraft: Hidalgo and Sancho. Hidalgo will impact an asteroid of approximately 500 m diameter at a relative speed of at least 10 km/s while Sancho will retreat to a safe distance to observe the impact. An animation of the mission sequence (6.49 Mb) can be downloaded from here."
I think the real problem is that we all worry about some threat (aids, greenhouse, astriods, etc..) killing off all life on earth ... (dot, dot, dot.) AS WE KNOW IT. Who cares... If environmentalists really cared, they'd commit suicide the minute they realize that they impact the planets ecosystem negativly, just by existing... In reality, no matter what we do, we may kill a LOT of life, and even exterimate ourselves, but in the end, the earth (GIA therory?) will survive, with or without us... So why waste your time worring about things?
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Come on, you know I'm right...
Just head down to the local pawn shop and get a little pistol
Yep, just put it to your head and end all your worries about your impact on the environment...
No more Gas to get back and forth to work
No more wasted water by drinking or bathing...
Thats it, just pull that trigger a bit more...
No more emmitions of Carbon Dioxide by breathing...
No more Methane emmitions from too many beans...
Stretch that tendon just a biiiit more.....
No more usage of questionable energy supplies...
Ok, now that thats done, only the sane people should be left.. Now lets build that spacecraft to cover up our arms race... And maybe actually kick some AStroid while we're at it...
--- Relax, that mass muderer is just trying to reduce our carbon footprint, one fetus at a time...