One of the benefits of the Space race and exploration of the solar system has been the establishment of the "Asteroid Shield System" by the world's major powers in the late 1980's, and early 1990's (that being the various detection stations to monitor possible threats and the missile platforms in orbit to deal with them). However, what if this system did not exist? What if there remained really no hands on thing to deal with incoming asteroids which still present a very real danger of devastation at some point in the future?