/dev/null Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/3...-earth-asteroid Didn't they already make this movie like 10 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/3...-earth-asteroid Didn't they already make this movie like 10 years ago? Two versions in fact. Armageddon and Deep Impact. Both came out the same year, 1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrFishfinder Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 How about they just nudge it a bit so it hits Tehran? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsWatch Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I think what Russia wants is others to invest into their space program. The comment about it seals it for me: Anatoly Perminov told the Russian radio station Golos Rossii: "People's lives are at stake. We should pay several hundred million dollars and build a system that would allow us to prevent a collision, rather than sit and wait for it to happen and kill hundreds of thousands of people." If it happens it will not kill hundreds of thousands, it would kill hundreds of millions if not less but it is such an extremely long shot Bills and Lions have better chance of meeting in Superbowl before then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/3...-earth-asteroid Didn't they already make this movie like 10 years ago? Only thing I got from that article is that nuclear explosions don't follow the laws of physics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 Only thing I got from that article is that nuclear explosions don't follow the laws of physics. They're Russians. They have different laws Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Based on my scientific evaluation of numerous sci-fi movies, I agree with the experts that the trick is not to blow up the asteroid, which just makes smaller pieces still moving towards Earth, but to leave it intact and nudge it to change it's trajectory, perhaps with the use of rockets placed on its surface. I also read a theory that solar powered lasers could bore holes into the asteroid at strategic points, and the escaping gases would be the propellent that changes its trajectory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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