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Comments on Proposal To Move An Asteroid
The B612 Foundation recently testified before a senate subcommittee regarding a "new" proposal to move an asteroid. What science fiction author proposed moving an asteroid over sixty years ago? (Read
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"You don't know how long I've been waiting for something like this to happen..."
(dirk 5/17/2004 1:44:20 AM) |
"About 60 years?"
(Durge 5/18/2004 11:50:57 AM) |
"Well, if they're talking to this Congress, don't hold your breathe."
(mesonman 4/29/2005 7:27:16 PM) |
"This is about as plausable as President Bush's plan to "Fix" Social Security."
(F.D. Smith 5/3/2005 2:10:28 PM) |
"The method for moving a celestial body in this way was detailed much earlier by Edmond Hamilton in Thundering Worlds published in March of 1934."
(Bill Christensen 8/26/2006 7:13:10 PM) |
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