A great example of what the world will be like after (and before too BTW) an astroid strike. Niven and Pournelle have written a classic novel, and well worth the time spent reading it.
You don't need to watch the movie......
Will Harry S. Stamper please pick up the red courtesy phone, Harry S. Stamper ...
And the number of nuclear weapons which have been exploded in space is...?
This has been my general assumption for 30 years or so.
For one thing, shattering it without sufficiently deflecting the trajectory of the shards.
You don’t need to blow up the whole asteroid. All it needs is just enough explosive force to “nudge” the asteroid to a new orbit to miss the Earth.
I want the USA to be on the opposite side of the earth when that EMP goes off.
That cartoon thinking, a nuke wouldn’t do jack, NASA needs to be defunded.
I hear Bruce Willis has experience - he once died doing just that....
Certainly no corrupt administration would ever think of using orbital nukes for any purpose other than asteroid defense, so no need to worry.
A great example of what the world will be like after (and before too BTW) an astroid strike. Niven and Pournelle have written a classic novel, and well worth the time spent reading it.
You don't need to watch the movie......
C’mon, trust them. They’re the government!
Oh it’s coming alright. The Bible prophesies in Revelation that one or two of these things have our number on it, but it will be during the horrific seven-year tribulation which I believe will occur sometime in the last part of this century.
If you’re a Christian rejoice because you will be in Heaven at the Marriage Supper of the Lamb during the seven-year tribulation and have nothing to fear. If you’re not a Christian, come to Jesus now. Today is the day of salvation.
We should probably pay close attention to Comet 45 Honda.
It is scheduled for a very close flyby to earth as it is slingshots away from the sun on an eliptical orbit which is very close to ours.
Assuming the comet stays intact during the most stressful part of it’s trajectory around the sun, it is not projected to hit us. However, if it breaks apart as it makes it’s turn, we could be in a world of hurt.
Here is one of several videos on it showing that trajectory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv5RSihhkM0
Is there something they’re not telling us?
We’d need several nukes, and a delivery system. Some Saturn-V type rockets on standby, ready to be fueled and launched within a few days notice. The movie “Armageddon” was ridiculous, by the way. Disregarding all the other scientifically flawed premises, you can’t blow up an asteroid the size of Texas with a nuke. That’s not even an asteroid per se—more like a rogue moon. Altering the asteroid’s trajectory is the best option, but it’s easiest done while still far from Earth. The trouble is that the farther the asteroid is, the harder it becomes to calculate its course. Hitting it too early may mean setting it on a collision course with Earth when it otherwise might have missed.
Baloney.
NASA and all other alphabet agencies should be ignored until the new Sheriff arrives.
Nothing, at this point, can be taken seriously.
They need some test runs to get experience at doing this. Once a big asteroid on a collision path with Earth appears it will be a bit late to learn.
I hope I don’t see posts indicating that there are Freepers ignorant enough to be worried about polluting space with radioactivity. Space is awash with cosmic rays and radiation. It is like being worried about getting dirt dirty.
Having to invent nonsensical missions is very sad commentary on the state of NASA.
Shills for AGW and now this stupidity. (what happens to the smaller rocks?)
(Hint: Trajectory doesn’t change and we get shotgunned vs. canon balled)
