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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Odds are low, but not zero. Still a bit of a nothingburger now that we've been able to successfully land probes on asteroids to sample their contents (and even send back video similar to images taken by Mars rovers). Strap a small thermonuclear warhead to an unmanned probe and redirect its trajectory - not a simple matter but entirely feasible.

[–] piccolo 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Unmanned? Nah, lets just assemble a team of oil drillers and send them up there like space cowboys.

[–] hypeerror 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be easier to train astronauts to drill?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Nah, you see this mission needs someone real smart. And when someone talks about smart people in smart professions, do you think about astronauts? No of course not. (Unless they are really really old astronauts, like geriatric, then yes.) instead you think about rough necks. That's right, you think of guys who drill holes in the ground.

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