Worse, an explosion might rip a rubble pile apart, sending the wreckage on a collision course with Earth. To put it mildly, such an event would have serious liability concerns for any private company.
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5 posted on 08/25/2011 10:09:11 AM PDT by HerrBlucher
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
Is a 30 foot wide asteroid of sufficient value? Most houses are bigger. However, it does underscore the revolutionary effect of starting to get stuff from outside the Earth.
9 posted on 08/25/2011 10:12:09 AM PDT by Williams
(Honey Badger Don't Care)