Self-Destructing Robots can protect Earth from an Asteroid Collision
Jolly , Jalandhar: Jan 23 2007
Made Popular Jan 23 2007
NASA and some other space research agencies are already thinking of sending robotic probes to the near earth asteroids. These small robotic probes could land on the Asteroids and can gather important information about these mysterious rocks. Since...
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Darnell
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Darnell Jan 26 2007
Greenville, United States
I think the idea is cute, but a space tractor (or a space tug boat as you mentioned earlier) may not only be more realistic when dealing with these threats, but also less political (as sending a bomb, whether chemical or nuclear may be very unpopular, especially over any nation’s air space).

Great article by the way. :-)
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