[etcetera]

The feeling I get about this collision project is - where do we get the idea that we have the right to possibly destroy this object? Here's something that's been traveling in space since the universe began. And we think we can just send something to collide with it in the name of science?

It takes a lot of arrogance to decide that we can do this.

[ElkGroveDan]

The feeling I get about this collision project is - where do we get the idea that we have the right to possibly destroy this object? Here's something that's been traveling in space since the universe began. And we think we can just send something to collide with it in the name of science? It takes a lot of arrogance to decide that we can do this.

Oh for Pete's sake. It's a big snowball, a rock, a bunch of frozen dirt. Do you think the same isn't true when we cut a large diamond? Or blast a mine, or divert a river, build a dam or bulldoze a hillside. It's all stuff, just rocks and dirt and minerals. Just exactly WHO is being hurt by this?

That's the kind of mentality held by liberal enviro whackos. God put that stuff here for us to use and study and benefit from. Scientists are going to learn a lot about our solar system and how it was formed by this. It is VERY worthwhile, and it hurts NO ONE.

[RightWhale]

We have permission. In fact we are supposed to do a lot more than this.

[Turbopilot]

Heh...good one, but I've a feeling you might regret not explicitly putting in a sarcasm tag. There are enough Freepers who take things seriously enough to miss even the most obvious of jokes.