To: John W
Too bad we can’t catch it and bring it into orbit for exploitation!
7 posted on
09/04/2014 11:45:45 AM PDT by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting sI ao hot?)
To: Little Ray
[ Too bad we can’t catch it and bring it into orbit for exploitation! ]
That would crash the gold market if it was a metallic asteroid...
9 posted on
09/04/2014 11:46:38 AM PDT by
GraceG
(No, My Initials are not A.B.)
To: Little Ray
Too bad we can’t catch it and bring it into orbit for exploitation! None of the stories I was able to find on this object (designated 2014 RC) saw fit to give any estimate for its velocity with respect to Earth at the moment of its closest approach.
If, however, it is going the usual 50,000 mph for asteroids, the amount of fuel needed to capture it into Earth orbit would be (I'm guessing here) maybe a million times more than all the rocket fuel used in all the rockets ever launched from Earth.
11 posted on
09/04/2014 11:55:22 AM PDT by
Steely Tom
(How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
To: Little Ray
Too bad we can’t catch it and bring it into orbit for exploitation! Methinks you ought to write up a research plan on how to do just that and get your share of tens of millions of research dollars this government pisses away every year.
I'd rather my tax dollars were wasted studying how to lasso a meteor and bring it into orbit, rather than why lezbo's are fat....
31 posted on
09/04/2014 1:11:45 PM PDT by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: Little Ray
Too bad we can’t catch it and bring it into orbit for exploitation! How are you going to expolit a 60 ft rock? Drop it on ISIS?
35 posted on
09/04/2014 1:30:41 PM PDT by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: Little Ray
Too bad we can’t catch it and bring it into orbit for exploitation! How are you going to expolit a 60 ft rock? Drop it on ISIS?
37 posted on
09/04/2014 1:36:47 PM PDT by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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