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ygert comments on Asteroids and spaceships are kinetic bombs and how to prevent catastrophe - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Troshen 25 February 2013 11:33PM

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Comment author: ygert 27 February 2013 07:37:09AM *  1 point [-]

Yes, true. I agree that that is the most effective part of modern airplane security. I doubt all the crazy TSA stuff has any real impact. But resistance by the passengers seems to be working so far in preventing another 9/11. So, hopefully, the same will extend to spacecraft. Of course, nothing is preventing someone, now or in the future, from buying their own airplane/spaceship and crashing it into something. So it is true that this still doesn't absolutely assure safety.

Comment author: Pentashagon 01 March 2013 08:52:28PM -1 points [-]

Of course, nothing is preventing someone, now or in the future, from buying their own airplane/spaceship and crashing it into something. So it is true that this still doesn't absolutely assure safety.

See Joe Stack. I recall the media at the time being very careful to not call it a terrorist attack, oddly enough.