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UN Plans Asteroid Response Framework

Posted by samzenpus on from the where's-bruce-willis dept.

chrb writes "The Association of Space Explorers, a non-profit group of people who have completed at least one Earth orbit in space, has presented a report to the United Nations titled Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response. The UN will now meet in February to discuss the issue and try to define a global political framework for dealing with asteroid-based threats to the Earth."

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  1. Too bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Too bad X8345-Y3J (aka BigBetty) will hit earth in January

  2. What timing! by Anton+Styles · · Score: -1, Troll

    This coming a mere 30 minutes after an asteroid strike in central Australia!!

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  3. Re:That's another thing they'd screw up... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh just you wait. In a few hundred years, the Chinese will be all 'the Americans will bitch about how the Chinese do it' saving everybodys ass when the empire of America collapses and it all goes tits up. Which may happen sooner rather than later. ... Actually, something quite like this

  4. bensapieceofshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    My god are you a total fucking piece of garbage.

    There has got to be some other crappy little planet the rest of us can dump shit like you off on.

  5. I truly do not by Neuropol · · Score: 0, Troll

    believe we should be messing with the natural occurances of the solar system. Asteroid collisions are how we got here, how we will end, and how a new smarter, more capable species will come again.

    Let it happen naturally. End of story.

  6. Hmm... by masshuu · · Score: -1, Troll

    Can't Goatse just bend over and take the whole asteroid? Why spend time and money when you got him.

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  7. FAILZOR+S? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    parties). [At THE log On Then the implementation to Would be a bad

  8. I thank you f0r your time by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    with the work, or is not prone to it was f0n. If I'm

  9. Re:That's another thing they'd screw up... by TapeCutter · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, the jokes on the UN 'cause the US will just print more dollars. /ducks

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  10. Re:!brucewillis by Hal_Porter · · Score: 0, Troll

    You should write a sci fi short story where the Q types are the real heros and the James Bond character is a silly poopy head who's only interested in being popular. You could release it under Creative Commons too, to make sure you win a popularity contest amongst geeks, because that would totally make you a Q who does clever things in the shadows, not douchebag who's good at self publicism.

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