Here's why NASA is ramming a spacecraft into an asteroid

[wingnut771]

The little knowledge of physics I have tells me it's easier to predict trajectories in space than on an atmosphere with friction and changing weather patterns. I may be wrong though.

Yeah, it's only logical thinking, something @Pak Fa Fui doesn't seem to possess.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

The little knowledge of physics I have tells me it's easier to predict trajectories in space than on an atmosphere with friction and changing weather patterns. I may be wrong though.

Theres gravitational pull from other asteroids moons and planets that all have to be accounted for
Like those spinny toy things, all calm and predictable while it’s spinning, as soon as you flick one off course they all go all over the place

 

[wingnut771]

Theres gravitational pull from other asteroids moons and planets that all have to be accounted for
Like those spinny toy things, all calm and predictable while it’s spinning, as soon as you flick one off course they all go all over the place

Space is a big place.

 

[RonSwanson]

There are signs our planet was hit in the past. The age of dinosaurs is postulated to have been ended by an asteroid. This shows the risk is there, remote as it is.

Anyone can do that, speculation postulation. Show me the proof.

 

[Cray]

Space is a big place.

"Space," [the Hitchhiker's Guide] says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.

 

[Cray]

Anyone can do that, speculation postulation. Show me the proof.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater

 

[RonSwanson]

Bloody scientists trying to learn things that could potentially save the human race from extinction, yeah what a waste...

Do you remember what Shoemaker-Levy 9 did to Jupiter when it impacted?

Yeah, it was responsible for the extinction of a whole colony of sentient beings, all twenty four of them.

Can't you think of a more compelling argument? Is it so difficult?

 

[RonSwanson]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater

Ah! And you were an eyewitness?

 

[RonSwanson]

Space is a big place.

That's an understatement

 

[ForceFate]

Theres gravitational pull from other asteroids moons and planets that all have to be accounted for
Like those spinny toy things, all calm and predictable while it’s spinning, as soon as you flick one off course they all go all over the place

Of course...but how significant is it?

 

[ForceFate]

Anyone can do that, speculation postulation. Show me the proof.

These spots according to scientists.

 

[RonSwanson]

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These spots according to scientists.

Yeah yeah, more speculation "According to Seinfield's tits" doesn't cut it for me.
Post some proper evidence or shut up.

 

[Cray]

Ah! And you were an eyewitness?

You sound like a young earth creationist , you don't come across as terminally stupid so assume you are just trolling.

 

[Hamster]

How boring, solving a problem that doesn't exist.

This would fall under the preemptive "thank me later" category.

 

[Cray]

Yeah, it was responsible for the extinction of a whole colony of sentient beings, all twenty four of them.

Can't you think of a more compelling argument? Is it so difficult?

An argument more compelling than possibly being able to avert an extinction level event...?

 

[Hamster]

It's not about disintegrating the thing, this is just figuring out if we can deflect it.

You cannot use the same approach as the iron dome...

Woessss! Gaat hy oor sy koppie soos 'n warrelwindjie.

 

[ForceFate]

Yeah yeah, more speculation "According to Seinfield's tits" doesn't cut it for me.
Post some proper evidence or shut up.

Some have visible craters. Even mineral composition and other geological features are obvious in larger sites.

 

[RonSwanson]

You sound like a young earth creationist , you don't come across as terminally stupid so assume you are just trolling.

You never answered the question.

 

[RonSwanson]

An argument more compelling than possibly being able to avert an extinction level event...?

OK, you do that then. You sound like a prepper, yet I don't know any leftist preppers...

 

[RonSwanson]

Some have visible craters. Even mineral composition and other geological features are obvious in larger sites.

Lekker for you. Clearly not your field of expertise