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» One small mistake for man ..   2006-08-18 09:22 Strawman

>>What about the whole asteroid thing?

We just have to employ Bruce Willis to blow the thing up. Didn't you see the movie?

Seriously though, what we will need for such an exercise is advanced technology. A private space-sector will advance technology much faster than than a government one. If the government has to finance a special project in 50 years, then it can buy, lease, rent, borrow or (I hate to say it) steal the technology from the private sector then.