Using the microwaves naturally occurring in space,
they will be connected by a vast neural network and thus act as a
single instrument, with all data being fed back to various information
centers.
"With the data from these probes we should be able to detect any
massive objects in places where they shouldn't be. Certainly a large
asteroid cannot be hidden. The very size of the asteroid with which
Zimbardo threatens our planet will work in our favor, since detecting
such a large object can be achieved easier and sooner than if he sent,
for example, a number of small asteroids such as those that struck
Mars."
"Where will the probes be deployed, Dr. Hoshino?" asked Richard. "Our
time is short, very short indeed, if we have to manufacture, launch,
and deploy the probes in time to locate and then destroy the asteroid.
Even if we produce millions of probes, as you have said, we have
millions of cubic miles of space to search through. In the time
available, even trillions of the little probes can't help much.
Theoretically, the asteroid can be anywhere. There are asteroids inside
the orbit of Mercury and outside the orbit of Jupiter. But I suspect
that you already have an idea where we are to search."
The President answered. "When Zimbardo sent his first message to Mars,
evidence of his tampering with the Martian communication system was
discovered.
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