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China Plans Deep Impact Mission

Posted by Zonk on from the sequels-are-great dept.

Comatose51 writes "China is planning its own Deep Impact mission. The goal of the mission, unlike the exploratory NASA project, is to push potential life-ending comets or asteroids away from a collision course with the earth." From the article: " The third nation to launch a man into space has lofty space ambitions that include putting two astronauts into orbit this September and eventually sending up a space station and even a manned mission to the moon."

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  1. Oh, they saw that movie too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    Alternatively:
    The goal of the mission, unlike the exploratory NASA project, is to push potential life-ending comets or asteroids away from a collision course with China and divert them toward Mongolia.
    1. Re:Oh, they saw that movie too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      To save money the Chinese have decided to combine the first manned mission with the deep impact mission.

  2. World killer? by Sancho · · Score: 4, Funny

    All these "deep impact" projects are starting to freak me out. Does the One World Government know something we don't?

  3. litigation by Gherald · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ahhh, the advantages of not having a proper modern legal system

    If it was Europe trying to pull this shit, we'd have a second defendant!

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  4. I for one... by Serapth · · Score: 4, Funny

    look forward to a nation finally putting a man on the moon, instead of faking it! :)

  5. Re:What about sound? by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    I, for one, think they should attach a giant nose so they can smell it too.

    In a vaccum, both should be equally useful.

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  6. A Chinese Moon Landing by PrntlUnit27 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What if they don't find a US flag up there?

  7. You see... by Surazal · · Score: 5, Funny

    China's not happy since they are the fireworks experts. They don't want to be outdone.

    I kid. ;^)

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  8. Re:stupid reporters by Snarfangel · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was NOT named for the movie, in fact the project was named before the movie was made.

    The next thing you'll claim is that Armageddon isn't a made-up name at all, but based on some old book.

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  9. Instead of "Made in China" by vchoy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just imagine:

    One big label on earth:

    "Saved By China"

  10. Re:China is being very ambitious by Burning1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why wouldn't they have plans?

    People are always asking themselves "what if." The US military has plans for full scale thermo-nuclear war with canada. I have plans to teleport into strange women's bedrooms. Scientists especially tend to plan things out, even if they aren't likely.

    We're all waiting on impetus and technology.

  11. That's impossible! by you-nix-boy · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all, nudging a comet with enough accuracy to hit a point on the earth would take unheard of mathematical precision, requiring millions of skilled... oh, wait, never mind...

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