Slashdot is pointing to an interesting article at New Scientist about exploring asteroids:

A fleet of exploding probes could prepare the way for warding off hazardous asteroids. Several of the small spherical robots would land on a single asteroid, some exploding while others listen for vibrations that could reveal the object's inner structure.

But given the recent news out of the UK that robots may be given human rights... wouldn't that make these new robots suicide bombers?  Or are they outer space insurgents?