https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/08/lets-slam-a-spaceship-into-an-asteroid/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:31:03 -0400<![CDATA[In 2005, the European Space Agency floated a half-baked &#8220;Don Quijote&#8221; plan to aim a spacecraft into an asteroid to deflect it. But the plan targeted a very large asteroid that was pretty far away, making it both expensive and unlikely that scientists on the ground could actually measure the asteroid&#8217;s deflection.]]>Sat, 08 Dec 2012 22:35:08 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/08/lets-slam-a-spaceship-into-an-asteroid-n98104