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Neil
19-Sep-2007, 01:58 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17473059/


The cost to find at least 90 percent of the 20,000 potentially hazardous asteroids and comets by 2020 would be about $1 billion, according to a report NASA will release later this week. The report was previewed Monday at a Planetary Defense Conference in Washington.

...and meanwhile Iraq is costing how much?

Nice to get your priorities sorted... All those vorton plasma laser canons Sadam had in development were of course far more deadly that 2 miles of rock travelling at 20,000mph! :rolleyes:

Dtothe3
19-Sep-2007, 02:23 PM
Neil, you're forgetting... "DON'T MENTION THE WAR!"

:D

It would be an amazing fireworks display to watch in all fairness, for the few seconds where being vapourised wouldn't be an issue.

100th post, woo!

bassman
19-Sep-2007, 02:40 PM
Oh well....a meteor seems like a good way to go. Could be worse...

And like dtothe3 said.....it would look cool for a few seconds.:p