[blam]

Asteroids and comets occasionally hit Earth, with devastating consequences -

What an understatement.

[Uriah_lost]

They need to hire a good guide, they are so worth it...
Not sure what the asteroid hunting laws are like in Canada though...

[LongTimeMILurker]

Kind of looks like Awesome-O, the robot that Eric Cartman made.

[microgood]

Hopefully they won’t make the real one out of particle board.

[DemforBush]

"It will be the first space mission devoted to hunting asteroids and may help find ones that are difficult to spot from the ground."

Hey, I've been a huntin' 'em since 1981!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Kind of ugly satellite, but a good idea.

[SunkenCiv]

Asteroids and comets occasionally hit Earth, with devastating consequences -

What an understatement.

Oh, sure, but what are the odds of- hey, wait a sec. What's that brilliant orange ball on the horizon? ;')

Thanks blam.

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[SunkenCiv]

For those about to rock...

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Comet/Asteroid Impacts and Human Society ed by Peter T. Bobrowsky and Hans Rickman intro (PDF) due to links here

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[RightWhale]

$10 million to build and launch.

Most of the cost going to the launch vehicle whatever one they use. Pegasus maybe.