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China says 'me, too!' with plan to divert same asteroid as Europe

Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 6:47pm

Hot on the heels of the European Space Agency's announcement that it's going to have a go at deflecting an asteroid, researchers in China are intending to do the same. To the same asteroid, to boot, only with a fancier spacecraft.

Space agency to try at diverting near-Earth asteroid in 2015

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 8:21am

The European Space Agency has announced that it will finally — finally! — give the business of asteroid deflection a go. You know, before a really, really big one is careening toward Earth and we're out of time. So, what's the plan?

After doomsday vision, man builds full-sized, seaworthy Noah's Ark

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 11:46am

"I dreamed that a part of Holland was flooded," Dutch-native Johan Huibers said in an interview with Today. "The next day, I get the idea to build an ark." That Huibers did — this brick-like behemoth of a boat is "Johan's Ark."

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