On Mar 22, 10:00*am, wrote:
I have mixed feelings about this venture.
Man can sometimes/manytimes make things worse,
such as starting stupid unnecessary wars.
Can't we learn from some of our [big] mistakes?

Shouldn't we spend time trying [practicing] to Divert asteroids,
not trying to do this -
smashing into it, just to see what's inside?

http://www.space.com/20341-asteroid-...raft-2022.html

marc

They could practice on our second moon without any chance of their
screw-ups having any negative consequences for us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3753_Cruithne

Or they could just start using TBMs on our paramagnetic moon, whereas
live televised science and otherwise covering most of everything else,
we could all keep a close eye on whatever's going on.