I hereby bequeath my idea for a novel/movie about this asteroid to the Public Commons.
* Scientists announce that the asteroid 2004 MN4 will be visible from earth in the year 2029, but will miss striking the planet.
* An evil group of ___________ terrorists (fill-in with your preferred group) have stolen a nuclear device and have conspired with a foreign power with basic space launch capability to send a one-way suicide mission to the asteroid. The goal of this mission is to set off the nuclear device and divert the path of the asteroid so it will strike the earth.
The Hero (or Heroine), who belongs to a secret government group that discovers this plot, is assigned to stop the mission.
* The terrorists manage to launch the ship, but the only way for the device to detonate is by receiving a signal from the Terrorist Boss on Earth.
* Various car chases, fights, near death escapes, etc happen.
* The Hero (or Heroine) manages to finally confront the Terrorist Boss with his (or her) finger on the radio Send button that will signal the device on the asteroid.
* ??????
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I hereby bequeath my idea for a novel/movie about this asteroid to the Public Commons.
* Scientists announce that the asteroid 2004 MN4 will be visible from earth in the year 2029, but will miss striking the planet.
* An evil group of ___________ terrorists (fill-in with your preferred group) have stolen a nuclear device and have conspired with a foreign power with basic space launch capability to send a one-way suicide mission to the asteroid. The goal of this mission is to set off the nuclear device and divert the path of the asteroid so it will strike the earth.
The Hero (or Heroine), who belongs to a secret government group that discovers this plot, is assigned to stop the mission.
* The terrorists manage to launch the ship, but the only way for the device to detonate is by receiving a signal from the Terrorist Boss on Earth.
* Various car chases, fights, near death escapes, etc happen.
* The Hero (or Heroine) manages to finally confront the Terrorist Boss with his (or her) finger on the radio Send button that will signal the device on the asteroid.
* ??????