Asteroid Defense
When it comes down to developing a way to defend the entire planet from
destruction I am all for it. A large asteroid or comet hitting the earth is not
a common occurrence. But it has happened many times before and when it does
happen again the asteroid may wipe out all life, including humans. If our
government did develop an anti-asteroid defense system, it would not only have
to protect our country, but the whole planet.
If we had such technology we would first have to be very sure it would
work. We wouldn't want to shoot a nuclear weapon at an asteroid just to have it
break into multiple pieces and have those pieces raining down on Earth. One of
the most important parts of defending our planet would be to find and chart
every asteroid that could threaten us. That would be a very tedious and never
ending job, but is necessary for the defense system to work. It would do us
humans no good to have some sort of defense against asteroids if we don't......
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