[PapaBear3625]

OH no! Don’t do that! If you try to reduce the size of an asteroid by blowing it apart, etc. it will do MORE damage when the pieces hit, even if some of it is diverted or pulverized.

Unless the pieces are small enough that they would burn up in the atmosphere.

[Gadsden1st]

Won’t work. It will cause global warming.

Seriously, I have commented in the past that we should just blow it up with as many nukes as it takes, and was quickly rebuked here on FR. with that not being a good idea cause the pieces would cause more damage.

Can not understand why the blast would not cause some of the pieces to be diverted to miss all together, some to be vaporized, etc.

Seems the only politically correct way to divert is through focusing a solar beam to cause portion to vaporize with the resulting push to GENTLY move it off course. Or land something on it GENTLY that would then use some form of propulsion to GENTLY move it off course. etc. etc.