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To: Poohbah
I was thinking a series of direct surface impacts, 24-hour intervals.

Hit that thing three or four times, it will shatter and then the last blast will scatter the fragments.
29 posted on 09/02/2003 1:28:37 PM PDT by hchutch (The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
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To: hchutch
I was thinking a series of direct surface impacts, 24-hour intervals.

Doesn't change the numbers any.

Asteroids--even itty-bitty ones--are way too damn big for just a few nukes to do anything.

Hit that thing three or four times, it will shatter and then the last blast will scatter the fragments.

Actually, it wouldn't. There's no air to conduct the blast wave, which means that only radiation pressure will move the rocks--and that's not much of your total energy budget.

35 posted on 09/02/2003 1:31:23 PM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
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