reply to post by ColAngus
haha good call...i read hoagland's dark mission about the moon...it was god awful....but i so wanted it to be true...guys a nut. Good call!
Originally posted by 2Isee3rd
reply to post by fleabit
If the asteroid were to miss anyways, I don't see any chance of changing it's trajectory for the worse...
A missile sent FROM earth towards an asteroid that has no chance of colliding with earth would send it's trajectory FARTHER from the path of earth's, wouldn't it?
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by paxnatus
Cute.
The asteroid doesn't hit Earth...
See! It worked! The missile worked!
Sort of like banging sticks together to keep tigers away.
edit on 11/8/2011 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by WeRpeons
reply to post by Phage
If it's true, it could be that the Air Force wants to practice trying to deflect an asteroid in case of a possible close impact scenario in the future. Possibly experimenting with ways to deflect an asteroid?
Originally posted by Illustronic
Originally posted by 2Isee3rd
reply to post by fleabit
If the asteroid were to miss anyways, I don't see any chance of changing it's trajectory for the worse...
A missile sent FROM earth towards an asteroid that has no chance of colliding with earth would send it's trajectory FARTHER from the path of earth's, wouldn't it?
Picture that scene in the first Indiana Jones movie with that huge boulder rolling down to crush his exit, now picture him throwing a tennis ball at the boulder to change its trajectory, or even firing a bullet at it, well much the same would result in the Navy or anybody trying to deflect a trajectory of an asteroid, effectively zero.