[TheWasteLand]

wrap a giant asteroid with reflective sheeting to stop it colliding with the earth and destroying all life

Leftists have been wrapping their heads in tinfoil to save the world for years.

[Westlander]

[txroadkill]

this is stupid, if there's a problem they should call me. I kick ass at killing asteroids.

[J40000]

Why not wrap it with styrofoam or flubber?

How bout we just go wrap ALL the asteroids with soft, mushy stuff?

I don't see what the big deal is anyhow... That last asteroid killed all our dinosaurs. There's none left here to be susceptible to an asteroid hit.
And we know that all the other species here on earth somehow survived...

[Candor7]

Whats wrong with using 100 nukes to pound it into gravel and then watch the fireworks on entry?

Or whatabout mining the thing? Put it into geosynchronous orbit, by using Space Tugs!

[rbg81]

Of couse, suppose by trying to move the asteroid, we perturb it such that it ends up hitting Earth? On the plus side, an asteroid hit would surely solve the looming Medicare/Social Security crisis.

[the invisib1e hand]

reflective sheeting...

What, if it sees its reflection, it runs in the other direction?

[Melinda in TN]

by wrapping it with Mylar film, "a step up from Kevlar",

I can only imagine what THAT'S going to cost.

[astyanax]

the asteroid, which actually exists
Well, that's good!
It would be difficult to wrap a non-existent asteroid in Mylar...

[Eaker]

Her time would have probably been better utilized making sandwiches and serving beer.

[DieHard the Hunter]

Something tells me that the very thing we should *not* do is wrap the asteroid in mylar. It sounds ruinously expensive. And anyway somebody is bound to get their sums wrong and then we’re guaranteed it will hit earth.

Never let a pointy-headed-intellectual anywhere near anything of a practical or important or dangerous nature.

[villagerjoel]

Thanks for the heads up! Good to know I can stop bothering to build up my 401k!

[ApplegateRanch]

HOW much Mylar, M’am?

I see. Do you want that billed by the yard, or by the pound?

Whh-—wha—Excuse me?!? Did you say RIBBON?

And you want it wound on a reel?

Spinning, or star drag?

Uh-huh. Yes, that comes stock with both a click-drag & a free-spool feature.

And should I include the optional level wind feature on your reel, or do you want it plain?

Ohhhhhhh-kay!

Now that we’ve cleared that up, would you like a nice casting rod to complete that outfit, M’am?

[itsthejourney]

Cool, another use for that lifetime supply of tin foil.

[Gorzaloon]

Her proposal involves using enhanced solar radiation pressure to move the threatening asteroid off its path to Earth by wrapping it with Mylar film, "a step up from Kevlar", she said.

Mylar is an old-fashioned polyester.

Kevlar is a high performance polyaramid.

Who are these people, where did they come from, and why are they bothering us?

[ApplegateRanch]

Looking at the orbit, it would make a LOT more sense to shorten the orbit, moving it closer to the sun.