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To: noiseman

Like a pea shooter hitting a brick wall, unless we have some magical tractor beam or massive phaser beam device a speeding asteroid is going to go where it’s orbit takes it and mankind is virtually powerless to stop or move it. Reality ensues


13 posted on 11/25/2021 3:15:15 AM PST by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you all)
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To: The Louiswu

Delta V of 1/cm per second is 2000 miles ten years later. Assuming we had ten years.


21 posted on 08/30/2022 3:48:32 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.)
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