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Letter: A truly cosmic insurance excess

Published 17 August 2016

From Steve Martin

Paul Marks gives a detailed summary of legal problems arising from the mining of asteroids (9 July, p 32). But what about the potential to alter the flight path of an asteroid when a portion of its mass is mined? The last thing we need is an impact from a large asteroid on Earth.

Nakara, Northern Territory, Australia

Issue no. 3087 published 20 August 2016

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