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Started by The Good Reverend Roger, October 16, 2013, 08:36:40 PM

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The Good Reverend Roger

October 16, 2013, 08:36:40 PM
http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/16/20979593-a-real-nuclear-deterrent-us-russia-may-team-up-to-use-weapons-against-asteroids?lite

See the asteroid.

See the nuke hit the asteroid.

See the asteriod shatter.

See the bits "shotgun" the Earth, peeling off a chunk of the atmosphere, killing everyone.

WINNER!
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October 17, 2013, 01:15:47 AM
The real win win is See asteroid, strip mine the shit out of asteroid. Earth saved, resources gained.
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The Good Reverend Roger

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October 17, 2013, 01:18:13 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on October 17, 2013, 01:15:47 AM
The real win win is See asteroid, strip mine the shit out of asteroid. Earth saved, resources gained.

Well, see, here's the problem with both ideas.

Right now, we haven't got a bus capable of reaching one far enough out to do any good.

And if you blow the fucker up too close, all the entrained crap hits like a shotgun blast rather than a bullet.  There's ways of doing this shit, but launching nukes is just Goddamn stupid.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Nephew Twiddleton

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October 17, 2013, 01:30:08 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on October 17, 2013, 01:18:13 AM
Quote from: Doktor Blight on October 17, 2013, 01:15:47 AM
The real win win is See asteroid, strip mine the shit out of asteroid. Earth saved, resources gained.

Well, see, here's the problem with both ideas.

Right now, we haven't got a bus capable of reaching one far enough out to do any good.

And if you blow the fucker up too close, all the entrained crap hits like a shotgun blast rather than a bullet.  There's ways of doing this shit, but launching nukes is just Goddamn stupid.

Yeah. Actually at that point it's like using a radioactive shotgun too.
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#4
October 17, 2013, 04:46:53 AM
Interestingly, this is one important time where Newton works just fine.
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