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Asteroid Collision with Earth
Artiste:
Interesting!!
Did a comic book story ever suggested us landing on an asteroid for such action to divert that one or another from hitting Earth??
Just wondering!! After all, Superman was a comic story book creation!!
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delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Artiste on February 11, 2008, 12:48:33 am ---Interesting!!
Did a comic book story ever suggested us landing on an asteroid for such action to divert that one or another from hitting Earth??
Just wondering!! After all, Superman was a comic story book creation!!
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Hugs!
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I'm sure SOME comic book did at some point.
Artiste:
Yes! I think so too!!
Think saw one, but can not remember!!
Maybe someone knows?
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brokeplex:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on February 11, 2008, 12:43:59 am ---
The technology exists, but the actual logistics are still up in the air, so to speak.
Nuclear missiles as a solution have been dismissed out of hand, since they might make a large dangerous object into a bunch of much smaller dangerous objects.
Lasers exist, but they would have to be mounted on a ship to go out to deflect said asteroid, and who knows what size and power we will need and how fast we'll need it.
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the logistics are up the in the air because of the lack of political will to adequately fund an asteroid defense.
not by all scientists familiar with the problem dismiss the nuclear option, the probability of missiles pulverizing a large asteroid into "smaller more dangerous objects" depends upon the unique orbital path of the NEO in question and how far away from Earth it is when impacted.
the lasers powerful enough to deflect a large asteroid do not yet exist, they do not have to be mounted in near Earth orbit, they can be on the moon, in the Lagrange points, or even as far away as Mercury and still be very effective. I like the Mercury option because of the option of solar panels used to recharge those giant lasers.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: brokeplex on February 12, 2008, 01:36:24 am ---the logistics are up the in the air because of the lack of political will to adequately fund an asteroid defense.
not by all scientists familiar with the problem dismiss the nuclear option, the probability of missiles pulverizing a large asteroid into "smaller more dangerous objects" depends upon the unique orbital path of the NEO in question and how far away from Earth it is when impacted.
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Hmmm, interesting...but who's going to risk the possibility that they are incorrect considering what's at stake?
--- Quote ---the lasers powerful enough to deflect a large asteroid do not yet exist, they do not have to be mounted in near Earth orbit, they can be on the moon, in the Lagrange points, or even as far away as Mercury and still be very effective. I like the Mercury option because of the option of solar panels used to recharge those giant lasers.
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Yep, like I said. The logistics are still up in the air. We have some of the technology, but nothing's been really tested, the funding's not there and not likely to be considering our current economic status.
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