On Nov 24, 11:14*pm, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:
On 25/11/2012 1:34 PM, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:

On 22/11/2012 4:32 AM, Anonymous wrote:
http://www.space.com/18508-asteroid-...ear-bombs.html

The U.S. is coming up with some sort of fake astroid deflecting test to
test warheads in its nuclear arsenal. I'll wager you that the warhead
to be used in the test will probably be a new design.

Don't care. Asteroid impacts are a non-trivial threat, and we need a
proven way of preventing them.

He's an idiot, Sylvia, like all people posting 'anonymously'.

Note that these are scientists at a private university. *In other
words, no government test program and certainly not one involving any
nukes.

I'll wager you that there is no test with a live warhead at all.

Perhaps, though at some point we'll need to know whether this approach
actually works, or whether we still need to find a solution. There would
certainly be some serious politics involved in launching a live warhead,
but I think the world's leaders need to get over it - some things are
too important.

It'll be done in simulation. *Nukes aren't magical and we know how
they work and what effects they can have.

--
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
*man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore,
*all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * --George Bernard Shaw

what you dont know is what you dont know.......

and if its a matter of saving human life on earth its better if we
know.

given this its better to redirect a asteroid than attempting to
blowing it up... which may just make it worse.