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To: Swordmaker

If comets are so loose why would we need to divert one from a collision course with Earth?

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9 posted on 09/07/2005 12:29:42 AM PDT by I see my hands (Soon evacuees will have absolute moral authority and entitlement.)

To: I see my hands

If comets are so loose why would we need to divert one from a collision course with Earth?

Are we talking about this particular comet or all comets ?

12 posted on 09/07/2005 1:44:22 AM PDT by CheezyChesster (Not all that you see is fluff and puff !)

To: I see my hands

If comets are so loose why would we need to divert one from a collision course with Earth?

Asteroids and meteroids are a different breed.

13 posted on 09/07/2005 2:05:00 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Liberalism is a form of insanity)

To: I see my hands

If comets are so loose why would we need to divert one from a collision course with Earth?

A mass of a few million tons is still a few million tons – regardless of density.

21 posted on 09/07/2005 3:15:22 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)

To: I see my hands

If comets are so loose why would we need to divert one from a collision course with Earth?

EPA regulations, probably. Clean Air Act, etc....can't have all those airborne particulates...it's against the law. (smirk)

24 posted on 09/07/2005 3:30:54 AM PDT by ZinGirl

To: I see my hands

Basic physics.

Force = Mass x Acceleration.

Fluffiness doesn't enter the equation at all.

Either way, BLAMM!

29 posted on 09/07/2005 4:16:33 AM PDT by biggerten

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