 May 7, 2012 - 3:29pm | snip According to New Scientist, 500 kilograms worth of these spacecraft could push a 250-meter wide asteroid at least 35,000 kilometers off course, which would be more than enough to remove pretty much any chance of a collision with Earth.
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 May 8, 2012 - 2:53am | Sounds like a great idea maybe they could redo the time involved with improvements in technology. Sounds like a great job but where did you say we had to go? |
 May 8, 2012 - 5:41am | It's just about shifting the velocity vector of the asteroid. More/larger masses would have a greater impact (pun intended) and move more/later or move a bigger object. The main thing is that you don't want to hit it with anything big enough to break it. Ad Astra Per Ardua! My blog - Expanding Frontier Webmaster - The Star Frontiers Network & this site Founding Editor - The Frontier Explorer Magazine Managing Editor - The Star Frontiersman Magazine |
 May 11, 2012 - 4:48pm | Stoping Mountains with Sand Storms....  Oh humans!!  We discover a galactic community filled with multiple species of aliens, and the first thing we think about is "how can we have sex with them?".~ anymoose, somewhere on the net... so... if you square a square it becomes a cube... if you square a cube does it become an octoid? |
