Nuking an incoming asteroid is a daft idea - as all NASA's plans seem of late

August · 07-30-08, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

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Originally Posted by August

And a nuke, detonated in it's path would not have that capability?

On a solid object it would. Not the other way around though - you would just break it up and it would continue on its path. Multiple impacts of smaller objects is much more devastating that one large object. This makes the problem worse, and more wide spread.

-S

I didn't say detonate on the object but in front of it. IE between the object and the earth. It shouldn't matter whether it's a solid, liquid or gas.