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Chinese Want To Capture an Asteroid
geekmansworld writes "The Chinese want to capture an asteroid into earth's orbit and mine it. From the article: 'At first glance, nudging an asteroid closer to Earth seems like one of those "what could possible go wrong" scenarios that we generally try and avoid, and for good reason: large asteroid impacts are bad times. The Chinese, though, seem fairly optimistic that they could tweak the orbit of a near-Earth asteroid by just enough (a change in velocity of only about 1,300 feet-per-second or so) to get it to temporarily enter Earth orbit at about twice the distance as the Moon.'"
Nothing possiblee could go wrong. Except for that.
looks like the Chinese are almost as arrogant as the Americans now.
Agreed, but in this case, you hit a particularly interesting story - the comment section will combine the new trends of technophobia caused by teenage faux cynicism and racism/nationalism, which have overrun slashdot lately. Sooner or later, the libertardians will join the fray and it'll be free for all. No idea where the nerds went. Sometimes you get a good discussion, mostly, though, I am just here to flame idiots these days.
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.
You want to move Mars and Venus into Earth orbit?
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Falling off of a playground gym won't result in a crater the size of a medium-sized city.
If it was my sister that fell it sure would.