Killjoys at NASA cancel Doomsday

[james_davis_nicoll]

"Using updated information, NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid. The refined path indicates a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter with Earth in 2036."

Fools! Have they never read those books where by creating some false crisis, the steely-eyed rocket men get the money to properly develop manned (and girled) spaceflight for the betterment of Man?

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[http://users.livejournal.com/krin_o_o_/]

I recall something of a story where they diverted the planet killer comet into the moon, giving the moon a short lived (few hundred years worth) atmosphere and water, thus making it colonizable.

But for the life of me I can't remember the source!

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Does this look familiar? (http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/michael-mccollum/thunderstrike.htm)

[tandw.livejournal.com]

Those are some choice cover blurbs, there.