Asteroid will zoom within 25,000 miles of Earth

AP via WISH-TV ^ | September 4, 2014 | Marcia Dunn

[al baby]

well unless it was your house

[John W]

Lots.

[SampleMan]

If that would work, why aren’t we doing it in on Earth?

[familyop]

That’s a good point. ;-)

[Rebel_Ace]

"60 feet across? If it were to hit the earth, it wouldn’t even be a big deal."

Meteor Crater, which is about 1 mile wide and 570 ft deep. was made by an object about 120 feet across, or about 1/8 of the overall size.

Assuming similar speeds and material and density, that might make a crater 1/8 mile wide and 60 feet deep. Not an extinction event, to be sure, but I would not want to be near it.

Of course, it might just airburst, like the recent event in Russia, and never impact the ground.

[SunkenCiv]

Whew! Thanks GeronL.

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[Little Ray]

Because the stuff is cheap and plentiful on the surface. It is hideously expensive to move it into orbit.
But you are right - we don’t have the technology organized and packaged that way yet.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Tried several WCS.

Impact Earth!

I don't think a 60ft diameter would produce a crater, might make a nice strewn field though.

[cynwoody]