Threat Of An Asteroid Attack

[M'Lady]

Oh, something's got to kill us all at some point... why worry 'til it does?

Pfft.

Edited April 11, 2006 by Lady Penelope

[shuggee]

Wise words Lady P, wise words.

Remember how many people are killed by toilets in America every year... Enough said.

[stratty]

Wise words Lady P, wise words.

Remember how many people are killed by toilets in America every year... Enough said.

Oh no, there not falling from space as well?!

[The Penguin]

Isn't it quiet now? Too quiet. We haven't had a drift to the North Atlantic for ages.

Which brings me to a thought. Or two.

If a great big mega-ton asteroid landed in the Atlantic, would it A cut of the Gulf Stream and B make a big splash?

Edited April 11, 2006 by The Penguin

[Scribbler]

Isn't it quiet now? Too quiet. We haven't had a drift to the North Atlantic for ages.

Which brings me to a thought. Or two.

If a great big mega-ton asteroid landed in the Atlantic, would it A cut of the Gulf Stream and B make a big splash?

Aaaaggghhh! You beat me to it!!!

It would have to land fairly gently - not with as much impact as Pete's rocket!

However......the heat in the asteroid would warm the waters; melt the ice; etc, etc.

Can't win!! :blink:

[frogesque]

Aaaaggghhh! :lol: You beat me to it!!!

It would have to land fairly gently - not with as much impact as Pete's rocket!

However......the heat in the asteroid would warm the waters; melt the ice; etc, etc.

Can't win!!

Don't worry about it, the tsunami would get us first

Must ... stop ... reading ... GLP ...

[Methuselah]

It would have to land fairly gently - not with as much impact as Pete's rocket!

I think I fitted it with a Warp Drive??? :blush: :blush: :blush:

[Gray-Wolf]

Maybe a very low angle 'strike' would bounce the body back into space whilst effectively parting the Atlantic ocean (momentarily). If it approached from the East it could toast the USA on the way out before the tsunamis shattered the sea ice at both the north and south poles freeing up both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets which would 'slump into the 'mixed up Atlantic...... :blush:

[The Penguin]

On the other hand, the last time this happened it created a very picturesque geographical feature called the Gulf of Mexico. You know, where the Stream comes from.

And if it were to make another Stream . . . . . . . . . .

Oh God, I’m at it now. I’m sorry.

Really sorry.

[Thundersquall]

PREVENTION???

The only country keeping an eye out on meteorites is America and only put forward 4 million dollars a year into research. How far will that go. You may ask well why don’t we blow it to smithereens with nuclear weapons well we could but if you want to live with cancer then you may because if we blow it up the rocks would disintegrate in the atmosphere but the dust particles would be henceforth radioactive. There is one theory to invent a MASISVE magnifying glass and burn it up but the smoke released would propeller it away. Another method would to build a big tweezer and move it out the way of earth.

How about attaching an enormous catapult to an approaching meteorite and use this to change the stone's course?

This may sound strange, but catapults are being considered as an alternative to fuel, to take rockets to the Moon,

so why not adapt the idea to change a meteorite's course?

Here's an article about the slingshot idea. : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2114953,00.html

Edited April 13, 2006 by Thundersquall

[BARRY]

How about attaching an enormous catapult to an approaching meteorite and use this to change the stone's course?

This may sound strange, but catapults are being considered as an alternative to fuel, to take rockets to the Moon,

so why not adapt the idea to change a meteorite's course?

Here's an article about the slingshot idea. : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2114953,00.html

THE DATE OF THE PAPER IS APRIL THE 2nd I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE 1st :lol:

Edited April 13, 2006 by BARRY

[PersianPaladin]

How about attaching an enormous catapult to an approaching meteorite and use this to change the stone's course?

This may sound strange, but catapults are being considered as an alternative to fuel, to take rockets to the Moon,

so why not adapt the idea to change a meteorite's course?

Here's an article about the slingshot idea. : http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2090-2114953,00.html

Slight problem.

What if the tether snaps?