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**payowlirriply** · 04-30-2012, 04:12 PM

> but isn't nudging asteroids closer to us a little risky?

Technically no risk, there's plenty of space out there. Politically, some risk, a large asteroid could be used as a weapon of war by a corrupt government. Luckily, we'd only use small asteroids at first.

Yes, space is big, but the space around earth surely has limits.

While I'm sure the millionaires club have thought about all scenarios, what are the worst possible cases? How would a political power use an asteroid as a weapon? could they control its descent to earth and guide it to their enemy?
could we get another 'moon' from moving a bunch of asteroids closer to Earth?

what about collisions with other thins that are out there, man made structures that let us skype granny on her birthday?

04-30-2012, 04:12 PM	#4
payowlirriply Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 481 Senior Member	> but isn't nudging asteroids closer to us a little risky? Technically no risk, there's plenty of space out there. Politically, some risk, a large asteroid could be used as a weapon of war by a corrupt government. Luckily, we'd only use small asteroids at first. Yes, space is big, but the space around earth surely has limits. While I'm sure the millionaires club have thought about all scenarios, what are the worst possible cases? How would a political power use an asteroid as a weapon? could they control its descent to earth and guide it to their enemy? could we get another 'moon' from moving a bunch of asteroids closer to Earth? what about collisions with other thins that are out there, man made structures that let us skype granny on her birthday?
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