| Manu | Date: Saturday, 05-February-2011, 6:02 PM | Message # 1 |
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Russia is considering a plan to launch a spacecraft capable of moving a huge asteroid in a bid to protect Earth from an impact, but the target space rock poses virtually no threat to our planet and moving it could actually make matters worse, experts say.
American astronomer Paul Chodas, part of NASA?s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Program Office, said Wednesday that claims by a top Russian space official that the asteroid Apophis would definitely crash into Earth around 2036 are inaccurate.
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http://www.space.com/7720-russia-attack-asteroid-virtually-threat.html
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