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To: SunkenCiv

So, I understand the drawback of breaking up an object because now you have lots of objects to deal with. But wouldn’t lots of smaller objects be more likely to burn up in the atmosphere rather than one large object? Think of tossing a one ounce cube of oak into a fireplace vs one ounce of oak sawdust.


27 posted on 07/23/2023 11:31:41 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: muir_redwoods; SuperLuminal
The thing to keep in mind is, even a nuke would only provide enough energy to blow a crater out of one side and bump the entire rock (and there's only one or perhaps a handful of bigger ones *known* that are at all a possible threat, for now) and that's the method they used here. And this particular rock isn't anywhere near being a threat, before or after this DART mission. :^)

28 posted on 07/23/2023 12:02:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:citizen/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change)
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To: muir_redwoods
But wouldn’t lots of smaller objects be more likely to burn up in the atmosphere rather than one large object?

Remember when they blew up the Death Star? The Ewoks are all burnt up and dead. Every one of them.

They were annoying in truth.

31 posted on 07/23/2023 1:55:19 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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