I think that this is a good idea but for a different reason this is just the first step in astroid handeling and could lead to astroid capture. Allowing humans to harvest them for metals and other useful things.

I don't really have a planned upgrade time. usually if my computer starts running really bad I reinstall windows. Btw I'm usuing an old pentium 3 with 768 megs of ram running windows 2000 and usually end up reainstalling at that time. I have a brand new mother board with memory sitting in a box waiting for a case and video card but have not gotten around to buying yet. most of the computers I own were either given to me when I helped someone I know upgraded to a new computer or I bought on the cheap when I helped someone I know upgrade to a new computer. I alwayse look for the cheapest way to upgrade what I have and on most occasions that ends up beings getting something used from someone I know and replacing what I already had.

I do construction work and have to drive to a different place almost every day. There is no way that I could use public transportation to get to and from work. I drive a Ford pickup truck with a V8 In in because I have to haul stuff for work on a regular basis. Any one out there who says that I can haul 1000 plus pounds of stuff with a truck that has a 4 banger in it is just an idiot because even though it might work driving 30 mph on a flat road it isn't going to happen driving up and down the hills where i live. when gas was 4 dollars a gallon last year I was spending close to 200 dollars a week on gas that is close to half of my pay check do you really think I was buying any thing I didn't absolutly need when I had a hard time finding the money to pay my bills. The company I work for cut peoples pay to make up for all the extra money they were spending on fuel and because they had to drop their prices to get work. now you can say just find some place else to work. but I know I would rather take a pay cut that not have a job when there is a good chance I won't find a new one. If people think the economy is bad now wait till gas hits 4 dollars a gallon again and you will se what bad is. I think its great people are worried about enviroment but who is to say the earth won't explode tomorrow and we will all be dead. poloticians need to get their heads out of their asses and see what is really going on, or what people think is bad now will look great compared to what things will be like in 5 years