Russia asks: How do you stop space objects hitting Earth?

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Russia asks: How do you stop space objects hitting Earth?

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/russia-asks-stop-space-objects-hitting-earth-213327578.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZAgvrVarhRAVs90IwCt7Jw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-18T213327Z_1_CBRE91H1NWD00_RTROPTP_2_RUSSIA-METEORITE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Russian police work near an ice hole at lake Chebarkul, said by the Interior Ministry department for Chelyabinsk to be the point of impact of a meteorite" align="left" title="Russian police work near an ice hole at lake Chebarkul, said by the Interior Ministry department for Chelyabinsk to be the point of impact of a meteorite" border="0" /></a>MOSCOW/VIENNA (Reuters) - What can man do to prevent Earth being hit by meteorites and asteroids? Russia has found, to its cost, that it has no answers. But U.S. and European experts may be able to help with a few ideas that at first glance seem straight out of science fiction, including smashing spacecraft into asteroids, using the sun's rays to vaporize them, or blasting them with nuclear bombs. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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