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Nukes Not the Best Way To Stop Asteroids, Says Apollo Astronaut

Posted by timothy on from the thin-coating-of-flubber dept.

MajorTom writes "Right now, we are not tracking many of the asteroids that could destroy earth. But within the next decade, new telescopes will make that possible, and leave us with the tough decision of what to do about objects with an alarming chance of hitting our planet. Last year, NASA said that the best option is to nuke them. This week, Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart, explained that there are far better options, and he has started an organization to prove that they can work."

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  1. Re:The interesting bit... by Prune · · Score: 0, Troll

    Funny; I thought of just the opposite when I read the article: anti-nuclear movements exercising pressure on him.

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