Posted on 09/28/2007 8:27:46 AM PDT by Perdogg
My thoughts exactly. No such thing as bomb proof.
...Deep underground, limited points of egress...It might as well be Ali Babas’ cave piled high with jewels, protecting all
of the best theives in the world from the Sultans army...but if they can’t ever get out, after going in...
We need to capture a small asteroid and fill reentry vehicles with rock in high Earth orbit. At 7000 meters/sec. they can’t bury it deep enough. If they dig deeper we use a bigger rock. See how I got my nickname? Its what my fellow engineers called me in the aerospace biz.
Send them a coupon for a free test.
Better yet, instaed of bringing all the trash we gather in space back to Earth, in small lots, just keep collecting it into one big ball, and attach thrusters to it, and then bring it all down on chosen target. A space trash bomb...;o)
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