Earth escapes asteroid flyby, boffins want lasers aimed at next one

[email protected] wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
DE-STAR lasers proposed to vaporize incoming space invaders
The largest recorded asteroid to enter Earth’s elbow-room has passed by safely, with 2012 DA14 skimming through the geostationary orbit of our satellites at 17,450 miles per hour without leaving a scratch.…

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