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China Plans To Capture An Asteroid And Bring It Down To Earth
Tech Times ^
| 26 July 2018, 7:40 am EDT By
| Nicole Arce
Posted on 07/26/2018 3:52:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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They intend to bag it. Literally.
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posted on
07/26/2018 3:52:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Probably 30% of monsters have come from meteorites. This is news.
To: BenLurkin; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON
Might discover a new source of hair growth cream.
To: BenLurkin
China has a Spacewalk under water and now they can do anything
To: BenLurkin
At full speed to 21.4225° N, 39.82617° E?
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posted on
07/26/2018 3:59:49 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Freedom is in our blood, we don't pass it down genetically, but through the blood we spill.)
To: BenLurkin
Sounds great, what could go wrong?
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:01:50 PM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Gen.Blather
Keep refrigerated.
To: BenLurkin
Get the Nukes ready and if it hits anyplace on Earth beside China, Nuke them
To: BenLurkin
If mankind is to be the author of its own demise, the Chinese are most likely to be the (ir)responsible party. Whether it’s poisoned food, a biological experiment gone horribly wrong, or a lassoed meteor slamming into earth at 20,000 miles per hour, look to the Chinese to get us all killed.
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:06:21 PM PDT
by
Blurb2350
To: BenLurkin
300 tonnes, eh?
fine with me, so long as they make sure to land it in a safe uninhabited area
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:06:26 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: BenLurkin
They could bring it down over the US, and...
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:07:00 PM PDT
by
marron
To: BenLurkin
or they can land it on that other space rock in Mecca, indeed that could be a great public benefit for almost the entire world
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:07:29 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
( "Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
To: BenLurkin
They and other nations start bringing asteroids and other natural satellite mining to Earth, eventually, the planet is going to get out of balance and start wobbling.
Think washing machine on spin cycle with blankets or pillows.
It won’t be pretty.
WOOM! WOOM! WOOMWOOM! WOOMWOOM! WOOMWOOMWOOM! WOOMWOOMWOOM!
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:10:29 PM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: glorgau
Next eyesore...large plastic bags and rubber nets floating around in space.
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:11:36 PM PDT
by
Doctor DNA
(This is not your grandfather's internet.)
To: marron
They could bring it down over the US, and...I'm sure that thought has never occurred to them.
If they hit the Russians they could move into Siberia like they have been longing to do.
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:12:45 PM PDT
by
BBell
(shoot shot shoot shot shoot shot gimme a tissue!!!)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:13:41 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: TomGuy
Yikes! Better to collect only the good asteroids in near space and use asteroid glue to hold them tightly in a big holding area until needed.
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:14:57 PM PDT
by
Doctor DNA
(This is not your grandfather's internet.)
To: glorgau
Lucifer’s Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle...
A bit dated (written in the 1970s), but deals with the effects of an asteroid strike and the ordeal survivors face...
Survive the strike, then deal with the feral survivors who see you and yours as prey...
De-orbiting a giant space rock onto you adversary would be a powerful weapon...
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:18:44 PM PDT
by
elteemike
(Light travels faster than sound...That's why so many people appear bright until you hear them speak)
To: BenLurkin
The truth is they want to drop it on that taco bell target still floating out there and claim their free tacos.
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:23:34 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: BenLurkin
Once in custody they will torture it for information.
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posted on
07/26/2018 4:24:33 PM PDT
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SpaceBar
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