[Pearls Before Swine]

I guess someone in the Obama group liked the earth-saving asteroid movie “Armageddon.” I can’t think of any other reason for this.

[GeronL]

such as Vega or Eros?

We’re hitching rides on Russian rockets.... are going to pay the Russkies to take us there?

[Adams]

[W. W. SMITH]

Build an Orion, nuclear pulse engine. a really big Orion. Did I say big, I mean very big. Take two Navy subs minus the parts only usable in water, mount on or in the Orion. That gives us two nuclear power plants and crew quarters.

Yes that would put some radioactivity into the atmosphere but it only needs launching once. Orion would be big enough to move any asteroid that would threaten Earth. The big ones, like the one 9 miles wide by 31 miles long, would be moved slower than a smaller one. Once launched, Orion can be parked in geosync orbit when not in use.

The uses of an Orion are not limited to saving Earth. A platform to start a space elevator from. Retrieve satellites. Just a general purpose tug. Think real BIG!