Allah@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 22 days 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-square11fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down14
arrow-up127arrow-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 Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 22 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoIt would be easier to drop a moderately small artificial asteroid with heat proofing from near the moon. Why try to redirect a natural one?
It would be easier to drop a moderately small artificial asteroid with heat proofing from near the moon.
Why try to redirect a natural one?