Allah@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 3 months agoIs it possible to launch a nuke at Apophis asteroid, when it is visiting earth, in such a way that it directs the asteroid towards earth?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible to launch a nuke at Apophis asteroid, when it is visiting earth, in such a way that it directs the asteroid towards earth?Allah@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI don’t know, but someone should try. Maybe it would knock us into a less stupid timeline.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIt would blow apart the asteroid. A lot of then aren’t sold rocks, but loose groups of small rocks and dust held together only by a small amount of gravity because there’s nothing else around.
I don’t know, but someone should try. Maybe it would knock us into a less stupid timeline.
It would blow apart the asteroid.
A lot of then aren’t sold rocks, but loose groups of small rocks and dust held together only by a small amount of gravity because there’s nothing else around.