On Nov 25, 12:36*pm, (Wayne Throop) wrote:
: bob haller
: given this its better to redirect a asteroid than attempting to
: blowing it up... *which may just make it worse.

Good thing they have nukes to redirect asteroids then.
Doing wthout means there are far fewer time windows in chich
the redirect can occur.

What, you thought the only thing that nukes are good for in space
is blowing stuff up? *Pfft, that's just silly.

Theres really no way to know what effect a nuke would have on a
asteroid, first there are many types of asteroids.....

iron rock, soft groups of gravel etc. and many more.

theres nothing like some real world testing BEFORE the future of
humanity is at stake!!!!!!