That exact sentence is what worries me the most. Maybe not this one, but blowing up a planet-killer would be a terrible idea. And given the political climate,

That exact sentence is what worries me the most. Maybe not this one, but blowing up a planet-killer would be a terrible idea. And given the political climate, you and I both know exactly which party would ignore the data and do it anyway for the spectacle. Gently towing it out of danger gravitationally is for a lot of scenarios the best solution, but it’s boring and if it works the political opposition can just claim it was never going to hit anyway.