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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
yeah really.
what makes it the responsibility of the USA?  |
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Originally Posted by Blacklight
Last I heard, pretty much NO country was doing much about asteroids.
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Those two points are what makes the statement that we don't do enough seem rediculous to me. How come the U.S. is supposed to just "defend the planet"?
It gets weirder, though. That quote no longer exists. I went back to re-read the story and it had changed, even the title which was the same as this thread. The first sentence that I quoted now reads....
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The United States must do more to safeguard Earth against destruction by an asteroid than merely prepping nuclear missiles
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Um, what? As far as I know any plans to divert an asteroid by nuclear means are purely hypothetical thought exercises.
That statement is even more rediculous than the last, yet someone went to the trouble to change it....
I'm a bit speechless to be honest.
