Hitting asteroids with projectiles is intended to alter the path, or break up smaller targets.
One anonymous source at NASA, Bernie Derlinger, stated that the project is experiencing smoe delays due to problems getting the hyperspace button to work.
NASA unveils plan to test asteroid defense technique
| Source: | SINN |
| Published: | Jul 2, 2017 |
| Author: | Nerdly Derlinger (Bernie's cousin) |
| Post Date: | 2017-07-02 09:52:21 by Anthem |
| Views: | 2766 |
#1: misterwhite To: Anthem (#0)
"Ludicrous speed!"
misterwhite posted on 2017-07-02 10:03:31 Reply Private Reply
#2: misterwhite To: Anthem (#0)
Oh, great. Let's pick a large asteroid in a safe trajectory and see if we can alter it's path. What can possibly go wrong?
misterwhite posted on 2017-07-02 10:06:20 Reply Private Reply
#3: A K A Stone To: misterwhite (#2)
A K A Stone posted on 2017-07-02 10:16:33 Reply Private Reply
#4: Pinguinite To: misterwhite (#2)
Nothing could possibly go wrong.... as long as we take the program away from NASA and give it to some cops.
Right?
Pinguinite posted on 2017-07-02 10:39:42 Reply Private Reply
#5: misterwhite To: Pinguinite (#4)
Sure. I have yet to read a story where cops confused the metric system with the English system and crashed a $125 million probe into Mars.
misterwhite posted on 2017-07-02 10:50:52 Reply Private Reply
#6: Pinguinite To: misterwhite (#5)
Well, I'm sure if a cop was involved in the effort, you'd find a way to blame Mars for the crash.
Pinguinite posted on 2017-07-02 12:08:54 Reply Private Reply