To: hchutch
ICARUS was an MIT student project and not practical. What is needed to handle vagrant asteroids is the same equipment needed for mining asteroids. No nukes necessary or even desireable.
17 posted on
10/03/2003 9:05:10 AM PDT by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: RightWhale
Only one problem: "came from inside the Earth's orbit and so was only spotted after it had whizzed by."
"You never hear (or see) the one that gets ya".
36 posted on
06/04/2004 12:33:58 PM PDT by
geopyg
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