NASA Report: How to Defend Planet From Asteroids

Space.com ^ | February 11, 2014 | Tanya Lewis

[Young Werther]

In the early 50s werhner von Braun wrote a book where he suggested that an Asteroid be capturred and moved into a earth orbit. He predicted that if a 1 mile diameter asteroid contained the same material that had been analyzed for meteorites that have been recovered on earth that there would be enough iron ore an nickle there would be enough material for a 500 year supply of frying pans!

Maybe the NASA nerds can make it happen by the end of this millenia!!!

sark off!

[Recompennation]

Stand aside spend the money on social programs and hope if we’re hit by an asteroid that it will be where the least loss of intelligent life will occur like say Washington DC.

[SgtHooper]

LOL!!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks KoRn.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks KoRn.

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[Larry - Moe and Curly]

“How to Defend Planet From Asteroids”

It’s simple. Pass a law against them landing on Earth. It’s working so well for guns and drugs.

[MHGinTN]

Might want to check that, FRiend.

[Kickass Conservative]

>”I’ve always wondered what they would find on an asteroid that we need, that isn’t already here on earth”<

Obama’s real Birth Certificate?

[DBrow]

“I’ve always wondered what they would find on an asteroid that we need, that isn’t already here on earth.”

The meteorites we’ve examined here, and analyses made of asteroids, suggests that there are much higher concentrations of heavy metals in space rocks than here (think “iridium anomaly” or “iridium layer” with respect to asteroid impact craters”.

So a cubic mile of asteroid will have much more platinum, iridium, halfnium, rhodium, palladium, tantalum, gold, and such than a cubic mile of typical Earth crust. A 500 meter asteroid contains about 150 times the annual global production of platinum on Earth.

And lots of nickel and iron, too, but that’s not worth near as much.

[Secret Agent Man]

solution: beat your wife, bend over facing east and pray to the pedophile’s moon god allah.

the solution came from nasa’s muslim outreach exchgange.

[GOPJ]

Maybe NASA could research why so many federal agencies are developing their own SWAT teams and buying millions of bullets...

[12th_Monkey]

Amen to that.

[12th_Monkey]

ride’em cowboy

[12th_Monkey]

What could oprah, Biden, Schummer and the gang of 8 really do.

[12th_Monkey]

For a small one, but a larger one???

[12th_Monkey]

HA!

[12th_Monkey]

Would there be enough value to offset the cost?

[12th_Monkey]

not enough diversity...

[12th_Monkey]

” you also have to trust whoever else gets this capability.”

very good point.

[JoeProBono]