really puts us in perspective to the rest of the solar system. we are not special. we are just a small insignificant dot in a sea of planets and stars and galaxies.
that is pretty scary. i doubt they can really enforce it on everyone every time. its sounds kind of like stealing candy from a gas station. if you dont get caught your lucky. but theres still a chance you will.
i understand doing this to mine materials, but could it be used for other things? i mean, say an asteroid was predicted to crash into earth and kill millions of people? could we use what we learn from this experience to nudge the asteroid into orbit?