China Plans Deep Impact Mission

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."

Comments

Oh, they saw that movie too...

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Oh, they saw that movie too...

[Anonymous Coward]

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

World killer?

[Sancho]

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

litigation

[Gherald]

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!

I for one...

[Serapth]

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

Re:What about sound?

[MyLongNickName]

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

In a vaccum, both should be equally useful.

A Chinese Moon Landing

[PrntlUnit27]

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

You see...

[Surazal]

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

I kid. ;^)

Instead of "Made in China"

[vchoy]

Just imagine:

One big label on earth:

"Saved By China"

That's impossible!

[you-nix-boy]

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...