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NASA Report: How to Defend Planet From Asteroids
Space.com ^
| February 11, 2014
| Tanya Lewis
Posted on 02/11/2014 2:46:31 PM PST by 12th_Monkey
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I think it's a great idea to look for asteroids potentially dangerous to Earth. Not so sure about grabbing one and hauling into a stable orbit. It would be a technical feat for sure...at least NASA would be doing something.
To: 12th_Monkey
I’d be satisfied if they could figure out how to defend the country from Democrats...
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:49:28 PM PST
by
LucianOfSamasota
(Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
To: 12th_Monkey
We should be doing this. And then we gather enough information to use an asteroid as a kinetic weapon muahahaha!!
To: 12th_Monkey
Let’s look to the Japanese, we could get Gigantor, AstroBoy, Voltron, the Power Rangers, or we could kind of stick to reality.
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:51:45 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: 12th_Monkey
I say our best bet is to hide behind the moon until it has passed.
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:52:43 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: 12th_Monkey
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:53:00 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(Mohammed was a pedophile and Islam is a Totalitarian Death Cult.)
To: 12th_Monkey
Shouldn't NASA be focused on Asteroid Outreach?
"to find a way to reach out to the Asteroid world and engage much more with dominantly larger Groups of Asteroids to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering."
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:54:26 PM PST
by
digger48
To: 12th_Monkey
I say our best bet is to hide behind the moon until it has passed. Yes, I know that the earth is bigger than the moon, but if we crouch down....
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:54:31 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
To: 12th_Monkey
Not so sure about grabbing one and hauling into a stable orbit.
That does sound ridiculous, until you consider the possible rare-earth mining equation.
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:56:02 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: 12th_Monkey
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posted on
02/11/2014 2:59:39 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: 12th_Monkey
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:00:10 PM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: txhurl
So they’re gonna grab one and try to bring it to the earth and land it in orbit. That gives a whole new meaning to Revelation 8.
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:00:49 PM PST
by
kjam22
(my music video "If My People" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74b20RjILy4)
To: 12th_Monkey
With the moose-limb outreach in NASA I would imagine if an asteroid is coming you point your butt towards mecca and kiss your ass goodbye...
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:01:40 PM PST
by
GraceG
To: 12th_Monkey
Unless this is the one where K forgets to leave a tip...
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:01:42 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: Mastador1
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:01:47 PM PST
by
Bulwinkle
(Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
To: 12th_Monkey
Turn the would be asteroid miners loose and they’ll likely be the ones to get the contracts to protect the planet.
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:02:47 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: 12th_Monkey
Take a planetary suppository. OH! NVM.
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:02:50 PM PST
by
SgtHooper
(If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
To: 12th_Monkey
If you can nudge an asteroid out of our way, you can steer one into our way as well.
And with no nuclear fallout, it may seem a more desirable weapon than a nuke.
You must have a great deal of trust in whoever learns to do this, but once the genie is out of the bottle, you also have to trust whoever else gets this capability.
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:03:21 PM PST
by
DBrow
To: SgtHooper
Rusty Griswold: Hey, ya’ got Pac Man?
Cousin Dale: No.
Rusty Griswold: Ya’ got Space Invaders?
Cousin Dale: Nope.
Rusty Griswold: Ya’ got Asteroids?
Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can’t even sit on the toilet some days.
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posted on
02/11/2014 3:04:04 PM PST
by
dfwgator
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