Posted on 03/03/2012 9:46:28 PM PST by LibWhacker
Has comrade obama blamed GWB for this yet?
We have plenty of rockets that can get large payloads into escape velocity. The Atlas V was used to get the 8900 lb Curiosity rover mission on its way to Mars. If it can get a 4 1/2 ton payload on its way to Mars, it can get a smaller payload to an asteroid.
That said, this looks like unscientific scaremongering from a questionable Russian website.
That was a stupid movie. I don’t even remember the name.
Oh crap, here comes a new Tax.
Eleven months.
Just enough time to design a tsunami surfboard and hire a film crew.
I am.
Remember the space nuke tests of the 50s. And yes, A Sat5 type delivery system would be better to hit it further out. But as you say, none available.
An ICBM will achieve sufficient altitude to destroy the thing before impact and negate the vast majority of damage that an actual impact would cause. Plus they are available, deployable and pretty much ‘ready to go’.
No, not a perfect solution, but lacking that, what else ‘could’ we do in the available timeframe?
Asteroid tax?
Is it red, now?
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oh man, and I just took a shower too
“What you need is something like a Saturn V, that could put a large mass onto escape velocity. But we haven’t had one of those since 1973.”
IIRC they don’t even have all of the plans for the Saturn V, and wouldn’t know how to build one even if they wanted to. Sad.
The average volcano eruption dumps more dirt into the atmosphere than a rock that size would ever do if nuked. Plus the nuke would literally vaporize a good portion of it assuming a direct hit.
I’m sure there would be some negatives, but they all beat the impact scenario.
rt.com?
Isn’t that more or less, Pravda?
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Yes , but to remain believable they are FAR more accurate and detailed in their reporting than abc/cbs/nbc .. Max Keiser’s reporting is the best.
they must have missed the extra days in the leap years
Pretty much! The Kremlin likes to put out National-Inquirer type stories for some reason! Keeps people from worrying about anything important, I suppose.
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Along with over a thousand other such satellites, about half of which are functioning, and all of which can be hit or at least have their orbits perturbed enough to cause problems.
GPS, weather, mapping, military, and civilian communications are major missions of these satellites.
They don’t have to give me an exact impact spot, just tell me which side of the planet it will hit. I can do the rest on my own...and I’m long overdue for a vacation.
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