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Posted by Dark_Kilauea on Sat Aug 6th at 7:53pm 2005

pushing the moon = Bad Idea! If you could, you would probably cause the moon to lose orbit. Etheir we lose the moon, and tides also, or the moon hits us and we're screwed.



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Posted by Windows 98 on Sat Aug 6th at 8:02pm 2005

bah humbug, im sure everyone can swim....



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Posted by Spartan on Sat Aug 6th at 8:54pm 2005

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or the moon hits us and we're screwed.

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Posted by Windows 98 on Sat Aug 6th at 9:23pm 2005

Then we come back to my LETS DIG SOEM GIANT f**kING HOLES theory



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Posted by Crono on Sat Aug 6th at 10:48pm 2005

If you compromise the moon or put large objects in Earth's orbit, it will effect us. For example the ocean and sea levels would change. Don't remember which way though. I think if you add they'd go down.

But moving the moon out of orbit is a bad idea, not to mention pretty impossible.

The engine idea could work, I guess, but you'd need some impressive engines ... and thousands upon thousands of them.

Something that could be done though, is mine the meteorite before it reached us and then try to destroy it. Inside out, whatever.

But, don't fool your selves, 23 years is not enough to do much of this.


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Posted by Underdog on Sat Aug 6th at 10:52pm 2005

? quoting Underdog

A rock the size of Texas would take decades of tiny nudges to accomplish. I do not think we would have decades to prepare however.




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Posted by wil5on on Sun Aug 7th at 1:53am 2005

DK and Win98: Its impossible to move the moon a noticable amount with current technology. And like DK said, even if you could, it would screw us all over.

Crono: Tides happen because the moon/sun attract water towards them. Directly below the moon on the Earths surface, the sea level is highest, on the opposite side of the Earth the sea level is lowest (this is ignoring the effects of other bodies, the sun has a significant effect, and I think centrifugal effects also play a part). I think even a Texas-sized asteroid would have negligible effects on Earths tides, but if the effect was noticable, the tide would be higher directly below the asteroid, and lowest on the opposite side of the Earth. If you somehow kill the moon completely, the overall mean sea level doesnt change much, but tides will be reduced.




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Posted by OtZman on Sun Aug 7th at 1:56am 2005

Does anyone know how likely it is that this thing hits in 25 years or whatever it was?



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Posted by fishy on Sun Aug 7th at 3:06am 2005

25 years time is it? oh well, i guess i'll not need to worry too much then. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Underdog on Sun Aug 7th at 3:13am 2005

? quoting fishy
25 years time is it? oh well, i guess i'll not need to worry too much then.

You couldn't possibly be that old.

25 years would still be in my 60's for me. Since I plan on doubling 60, I may begin to worry in a few days. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_wink.gif">




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Posted by DrGlass on Sun Aug 7th at 5:33am 2005

Putting an engin on the moon, or even on the astroid wouldn't work very well. What happens when you push on the ground with your fist, the earth doesn't move (much) your hand sinks into the earth. Unless you placed a huge engin on the moon, anything smaller would just sink into it.

As for blowing a deep hole in the astroid and then moving it with a jet of flames from the explosion: I think astroids are spinning so that wouldn't move it much at all because it is being held on course by gyroscopic (sp?) motion.

I just though of a way, sent a probe at very very high speeds to the astroid, make the probe out of a long, sharp, saft like a spear. So the probe would stick in or through the astroid (I think its possible) at the far end of the probe make a convex dent. So the probe would look like a spood with a sharp handel. Once the probe is inside the astroid detonate a large bomb or bombs over a period of time. This would spin the astorid and send it off course!




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Posted by Nickelplate on Sun Aug 7th at 6:02am 2005

I bet that asteroid is made of gold and diamonds and oil. and Virgin Mary-shaped grilled cheese sandwiches and mystery envelopes! You know, all the stuff that is worth LOTS of money! Anyway, I've got an idea.

We can dig a big hole and let it crash into the hole. Then right after it crashes, we put a huge piece of plastic over the top to stop all the dust and stuff. Then after it's all settled we mine it.




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Posted by Crono on Sun Aug 7th at 6:19am 2005

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I bet that asteroid is made of gold and diamonds and oil. and Virgin Mary-shaped grilled cheese sandwiches and mystery envelopes! You know, all the stuff that is worth LOTS of money! Anyway, I've got an idea.
We can dig a big hole and let it crash into the hole. Then right after it crashes, we put a huge piece of plastic over the top to stop all the dust and stuff. Then after it's all settled we mine it.


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Posted by DrGlass on Sun Aug 7th at 9:41am 2005

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I bet that asteroid is made of gold and diamonds and oil. and Virgin Mary-shaped grilled cheese sandwiches and mystery envelopes! You know, all the stuff that is worth LOTS of money! Anyway, I've got an idea.

We can dig a big hole and let it crash into the hole. Then right after it crashes, we put a huge piece of plastic over the top to stop all the dust and stuff. Then after it's all settled we mine it.



How would we dig a hole that big? Or know where it would land... and that much plastic, I mean come on thats crazy. You know how fast the dust would escape? how could we cover it with plastic that is like 4 miles square?! That idea is just stupid

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Posted by Crono on Sun Aug 7th at 10:41am 2005

Actually, we can figure out where it would land pretty easily if: you know the size, distance away from Earth, velocity, and rotating velocity, since we already know the earths rotating and orbital velocity, and the current, straight line, intersection point from the asteroid to the Earth (I'm making up terms here, because I don't know the actual names)

Actually, I'm sure someone who actually has a degree or is majoring in physics could figure it out with less. The first person to "discover" that the Earth was round was an Arab scholar who had an assistant measure the shadow of the sun in a well every day for 20 years. I believe he got the circumference too, or something.

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Posted by habboi on Sun Aug 7th at 1:31pm 2005

Couldn't we just dig huge tunnels deep underground and call it Zion?
Perhaps we could live in a world where machines rule us....

But seriously...

Some of us have seen movies where nothing works and the dumbass says why not shoot a rocket at it and they always come up with a complicated answer so maybe there is no way except to abandom Earth and fly to a distant planet with oversized bugs who hate us and in the end we fight in a huge war.

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Posted by Windows 98 on Sun Aug 7th at 6:45pm 2005

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Couldn't we just dig huge tunnels deep underground and call it Zion?
Perhaps we could live in a world where machines rule us....


OMG IVE BEEN SAYING THAT AND I HAVE BEEN IGNORED



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Posted by Myrk- on Sun Aug 7th at 9:49pm 2005

I see Habboi... and would these bugs be known as arachnids? And would we create a "federation" to eradicate the bug threat, mainly by capturing the brainy ones?

Anyway... Dunno if anyones already said, but America and other countries have already stated what they'd do in this situation- a series of nukes to push it off course, then more nukes sent up to clear any debris to make it so small it would just disintegrate in the atmosphere.

Simple enough really.




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Posted by Pegs on Sun Aug 7th at 11:31pm 2005

strap a load of rockets on the side and push it, change its orbit so its doesnt hit us. is what id say.




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Posted by French Toast on Sun Aug 7th at 11:36pm 2005

Hope it doesn't hit you, and if it is going to, suck it up. Accept that death is a part of life, and there's nothing you can do about, then in the last few months of your life spend a lot of money.





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