Re: Giant Billowing Space Pillows

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SM — 9/1/2002 12:32:45 PM (archived)

Wouldn't it be easier to bag the asteroid, and then tow it? I personally favor the nuke approach, as long as the nuke penetrates the surface before detonating. The amount of material thrown off would make whatever that remains still heading toward Earth trivial.

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Giant Cosmic Airbag to Deflect NEOs? - p - 8/30/2002 4:32:07 PM
- Just wondering. - RobVG - 9/2/2002 4:05:27 PM
  - Re: Still wondering. - RobVG - 9/3/2002 7:34:48 PM
- Re: Giant Billowing Space Pillows - SM - 9/1/2002 12:32:45 PM
  - Re: Giant Billowing Space Pillows - dwc - 9/2/2002 4:30:10 PM
  - Re: Perry Como . . . - D. Spires - 9/1/2002 1:22:09 PM
- Re: Giant Cosmic Airbag - Tom Brosz - 8/30/2002 5:41:18 PM
- Re: A frightening thought . . . - D. Spires - 8/30/2002 5:29:02 PM
  - Re: More, but . . . - D. Spires - 8/30/2002 6:11:48 PM
- How big was that space rated balloon again?(n/t) (n/t) - ectoterrestrial - 8/30/2002 10:04:52 AM
  - Hold the show.....rotation.... - ectoterrestrial - 8/30/2002 10:20:47 AM
    - Re: Rotation complicates the issue, but won't stop the process . . . - D. Spires - 8/31/2002 7:36:12 PM

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