“You’re moving the largest mother lode imaginable ” said former astronaut Rusty Schweickart cofounder of the B612 Foundation an organization dedicated to protecting Earth from asteroid strikes.

原宇航员Rusty Schweickart说道。 他是B612基金会的共同发起人，该组织致力于保护地球免受小行星的撞击。

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The asteroid tugboat idea was developed by Schweickart and his team at Foundation B612.

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Noble efforts to detect asteroid threats such as those of the B612 Foundation have received much deserved attention.

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The B612 group believes such a system could be ready for use by 2015, and suggests it should be tested shortly thereafter on a non-threatening asteroid.

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