If they were sure a asteroid were going to hit the earth

"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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I've still got to see the sight on this thing...

Pat


Coincidentally, I spotted a press release in the local media here
indicating they were a step closer to manufacture.

See "Latest News" at http://www.metalstorm.com/.

Brian

Scott Hedrick wrote:

Perhaps mass assembled small probes could

have a small unit price. I am hoping it wouldn't cost a fortune to send
out a fleet of asteroid probes.


Increasingly, it appears that the cost is in launch & delivery and
operations. The cost of the probe itself is becoming small enough that the
larger universities could build them.

As the probes get smaller, you can send more in a single launch. IIRC
SMART-1 was launched along with two other satellites on an Ariane V.

If they could get probes small enough to send out 4 or 5 on a single
launch, that'd decrease it more.

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