tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post1356973610639395024..comments2023-07-14T07:42:45.273-05:00Comments on Beam Me Up - Science & Science Fiction news: Asteroid to miss Earth, Jupiter Scar, see it live.Beam Me Uphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-77078113148229495482012-09-14T12:02:04.953-05:002012-09-14T12:02:04.953-05:00Thanks. I really didn't want to bring up the d... Thanks. I really didn't want to bring up the damn thing reforming. I wasn't sure if I was right there. That's why I was saying the only way to blow it would be from the center, and blow it big. <br /> Then of course, provided it didn't reassemble, we still have all the little ones to deal with. <br /> But I think overall, having a lot of 10 meter parts hitting the kallamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387052990728026975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-73661239150772886542012-09-13T22:08:34.241-05:002012-09-13T22:08:34.241-05:00I think that is the popular opinion but it doesn&#...I think that is the popular opinion but it doesn't take into account the gravity a truly huge asteroid would generate. This would resist the initial blast but also would force the aggregate to reassemble much faster than one would expect. All we have to do is look at the objects in the major asteroid belt to know that these aggregate bodied are VERY difficult to "blow up" Some of Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-24504612620515764042012-09-13T15:18:40.551-05:002012-09-13T15:18:40.551-05:00The only real way to blow one up would be to plant... The only real way to blow one up would be to plant the explosive inside it. If the thing is really big, think how an explosion functions. The blast goes in the direction of least resistance. Most of the power even here on earth is lost.<br /> If we could focus an explosion, like we focus a laser, there would be a lot better chance of blowing one to bits, and have chunks left that wouldn'tkallamishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387052990728026975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31959155.post-38623761504457025902012-09-13T04:18:23.310-05:002012-09-13T04:18:23.310-05:00Wow GREAT heads up! I never think to look there a...Wow GREAT heads up! I never think to look there and I have a link, You sure it's 10 right now it is almost 5am and it shows 14 hundred and change...well close I guess!<br /><br />I was just reading an article that said that new studies show that asteroids are<br />much harder to break up or blow up than anyone had thought to date. The caveat here is that one of the most popular methods to Beam Me Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16507215843874160767noreply@blogger.com