The “close pass” of Earth (well actually it was 5.8 million km away) on at 2059GMT on 31 May by an asteroid 1998 QE 2 which even had its own moon, continues to make some fret that one day an asteroid or comet fragment may have Earth in the middle of its flghtpath. As such, according to RIA Nnvosti, Russian scientists (as Chinese scientists have done previously) are now seriously suggesting using rocket power to fire one asteroid against another asteroid in order to deflect it. Maybe the inspiration for the idea came from an episode of the BBC TV Red Dwarf comedy science fiction television sereis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hole_(Red_Dwarf)
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