Apophis the asteroid that could end the world in 2036

And here I was thinking that SG1 had already stopped the threat.

Oh, and it wasn't Apophis who sent the asteroid, it was Anubis. :p
 
I will volunteer to be the insane guy that misuses the gattling gun with a laser sight and is constantly depressive.
 
cant nukes also be used to nudge roids, using the shockwave from a timed detonation, of course this requires several volleys of nukes and some very well thought out planning/timing

aswell as a method to make nukes have a long enough range due to the time scale meaning nukes would probably have to be launched years in advance

(i skipped a lot so unsure if this mad suggestion has already come up)
 
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As well as a method to make nukes have a long enough range due to the time scale meaning nukes would probably have to be launched years in advance
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What fuel do you plan to use for that? :eek:

Launching things years in advance doesn't seem viable to me, if they passed through an meteor belt they'd be toast. You wouldn't be able to control them from the ground either because of the time for radio waves to go the distance.

So, you'd need a very advanced tracking system to estimate where the asteroid was going to be, if that calculation was wrong, potentially several years of wait could have been for nothing.
 
The fuel intensive part of the getting a nuke out in space is when it is exitting Earth's atmosphere. Once it has left our atmosphere, fuel requirements would be minimal. Right?

To save on even more fuel, the nuke could be launched from a shuttle in space.
 
WotDa said:
What fuel do you plan to use for that? :eek:

Launching things years in advance doesn't seem viable to me, if they passed through an meteor belt they'd be toast. You wouldn't be able to control them from the ground either because of the time for radio waves to go the distance.

So, you'd need a very advanced tracking system to estimate where the asteroid was going to be, if that calculation was wrong, potentially several years of wait could have been for nothing.
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NASA/ESA have already done something very similar a couple of years ago, they directed a probe to slam into an asteroid/meteor to test it's composition. The technology is there it's just whether a nuke(s) would work that is the problem.
 
Amp34 said:
NASA/ESA have already done something very similar a couple of years ago, they directed a probe to slam into an asteroid/meteor to test it's composition. The technology is there it's just whether a nuke(s) would work that is the problem.
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I stand corrected. :)

Out of interest, how long was the flight, and how far away was the asteroid/meteor?
 
Fuel use shouldn't be significant if the missiles were sufficiently well targeted. With enough time, Ion propulsion might also be an option - very low acceleration but capable of gaining significant speed over time and incredibly efficient (i.e. lightweight).

As far as 'Deep Impact' (the name of the comet impactor mission) goes, the comet involved was Tempel 1. A 370 kg lump of metal with a few sensors etc. was dumped into the comet at 23,000 mph. Certainly made for a very nice light show but didn't do much to the comet's trajectory.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/main/
 
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