mine is pretty simple, space is a vacuum right, so if we can send a giant tube in space the asteroid should stick right to it, then if we build a machine (attached to the tube on earth) powerful enough we can move it away from earth. Any other ideas u would suggest?
2007-04-04 05:05:33 · 12 answers · asked by StealthShadow 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Destroying an asteroid would be difficult, and could potentially be just as bad in term of damage upon impact. The best way to avoid a collision would be to change the course of the object before it reaches the planet. It would take a great deal of thrust to move an object of that magnitude, but it could be done. Using a series of directed thermonuclear explosions, you could generate enough force to change the course of the asteroid.
I have also heard the satellite gravity manipulation theory, however this is flawed as the tiny satellite would need to intercept the object EXTREMELY far away...it would take centuries for the satellite to even reach the asteroid, and by that time it would be too late.
Short answer: Big A*s Rocket Booster
2007-04-04 05:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most interesting theory I've heard is that we would shoot a satellite into space to intercept the asteroid while it is still a very long distance from Earth. Once the satellite reaches the asteroid, it would not actually land on, or even touch the asteroid itself, but fly alongside it. The gravitational pull of the satellite itself, while certainly minute, would be enough to pull the asteroid away from Earth's orbit over time. Remember, we are talking billions of miles here.
Saw that theory on PBS and thought it was really cool.
2007-04-04 05:17:53 · answer #2 · answered by Retodd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 01:44:27 · answer #3 · answered by barrick 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One way or another, it's a matter of changing the asteroid's course so that it no longer is on a collision course with Earth. Why bother destroying it, when changing its course is vastly easier and just as effective?
It really doesn't take much to change the asteroid's course, if you intercept it far enough away. A course correction of 0.01 degrees is probably enough. If a satellite's gravitational pull isn't enough to get the job done, a nuclear explosion would surely do the trick.
2007-04-04 07:18:00 · answer #4 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot build a tube from earth to spece. It would rotate and never stay in one place. Get to the astroid and apply a very small acceleration to it with a motor or reflected sunlight. A change in velocity of just a few millimeters per second would divert it a long way.
2007-04-04 05:16:02 · answer #5 · answered by Gene 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just move the Earth! Maybe stand on the North Pole with a red cape and say "Ole"!
2007-04-04 05:14:09 · answer #6 · answered by Wounded Duck 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Change the gravitational constant of the universe, thus lowering its mass, then you can tow it away with a space shuttle. Easy.
2007-04-04 05:22:23 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first, you need to get a large net...then cover the earth with it, so when anything drops from the sky, the net will catch it and bounce it back to space...
(**sounds of crickets**)
well, my idea is just as good as anyone else's!!! LOL!!!
2007-04-04 05:17:57 · answer #8 · answered by Toots 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is no way to stop a falling asteroid meteor or any other heavenly body
its all because of Jupiter that our earth is safe from many asteroid and other heavenly body because of its high gravitational force
2007-04-04 05:12:55 · answer #9 · answered by pokemon maniac 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
diddnt we already stop an asteroid from hitting the earth a few years back with a nuclear bomb? and i'm not talking about a movie.
2007-04-04 05:12:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋