To: sageb1
"Wasn't there some talk fairly recently about trying to hit an asteroid with something hard enough to hit it off course?"The problem is not in our trying to knock it off course. What happens if between now and 2041 if something in outerspace hits 2006 XG1 and knocks it 3,100 miles closer to earth?
Afterall, where did they find this rock? In an asteroid belt filled with all kinds of other rocks moving pretty fast.
yitbos
30 posted on
12/28/2006 1:12:11 AM PST by
bruinbirdman
("Those who control language control minds." -- Ayn Rand)
To: bruinbirdman
Quite true. Didn't think of it that way.
31 posted on
12/28/2006 1:14:52 AM PST by
sageb1
(This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
To: bruinbirdman
Also remember that in space a tiny deviation of .00001% or less spread out over millions or billions of miles and many years can cause a huge change that we could not calculate.
36 posted on
12/28/2006 1:35:40 AM PST by
LukeL
(Never let the enemy pick the battle site. (Gen. George S. Patton))
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