Continue worrying

Cover of the June, 2008 edition of The Atlantic:


Yes, NASA can (maybe)! With gravity tractors!

Anyway, nothing to lose sleep over until I remembered another cover story Easterbrook wrote, this one for The Washington Monthly way back in April, 1980:


One quote became rather famous after January 28, 1986: "Here's the plan. Suppose one of the solid-fueled boosters fails. The plan is, you die."
So he's got a track record. Anybody needs me (you won't) I'll be downcellar.

Update: Another possibility New Scientist mentions to deflect asteroids is distinctly Frinkian:

A more novel idea is to paint the surface of the asteroid white. This should change the amount of solar energy it radiates and change its course. However, the amount of paint required could be huge.

M'hey.

Update II: Glidden! Er, glavin!