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NASA May Put an RFID Tag on an Asteroid

An asteroid shaped very much unlike a snake has recently been passing itself off as the Ancient Egyptian Serpent of Darkness, Apophis, at the sorts of parties where second rate celestial bodies tend to congregate. The United States space agency NASA famous for several cameo appearances on the hit 60's series I Dream of Jeannie has threatened to place a tracking device on the asteroid so that its whereabouts can be tracked by Homeland Security. In retaliation, Apophis (more comonly known as Melvin Hinkerdale of Leeds), has threatened to destroy the Earth in the year 2036 or "when I get around to it." Earth has no comment at this time.

...So NASA researchers have begun considering whether the US needs to tag the asteroid, known as 99942 Apophis, with a radio beacon before 2013.

I think this falls under "Liability Tracking."

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Posted by bill at September 6, 2005 03:05 PM