Originally posted by SixSentinels:
that actually depends on wtf NASA and DARPA or the ESA is doing at the moment. currently the american space agency is not getting enough money to fund its space projects so who knows when the ion cannons or asteroid-deflectors are gonna be built? and we still have to make prototypes to guarantee a success in the device we are gonna use, that would take years, and the cost of building such an device would be so high...
its juz a prediction currently...
when the status of it changes frm 'prediction' to 'expected'...we'll c if other first world countries r gonna assist by splashin out some funds for the R&D of the cannon or wadever means to deter the asteroid..