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Posted by: capn_caveman 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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Canada will launch a suitcase-sized satellite in 2009 to spot potentially dangerous asteroids near Earth's orbit. It will be the first space mission devoted to hunting asteroids and will help find ones that are difficult to spot from the ground.

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Debbie3 months, 2 weeks ago

Go get em Canada! :) Now they just have to find a way for that little satellite that finds them to destroy them.... Hmmm...
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