Reacting to Disaster
Reacting to Disaster
http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_vakoch_react_060105.html
The scenario is familiar from Hollywood blockbusters like Armageddon and Deep Impact. A massive asteroid-perhaps ten miles in diameter-is headed straight for Earth. An all-out effort to deflect it is mounted. If the mission succeeds, civilization as we know it will continue.
