The ESA's Asteroid Intercept Mission Video

[TEHTYMEKITTEH1]

ACTUALLY IT GETS SPED UP IN THE SUMMER OF 2034 AND HITS THE MIDDLE EAST ON NOVEMBER 11TH, 2034 :7:34 EST.

[BarefootArizona]

The Japanese have this thing called the "Hayabusa" They can land that bad boy on the asteroid and blow it up!

I always knew the Japanese were going to save the world...

[Dadutta]

It seems they are preparing us for a celestial body to hit the earth – and it will come much sooner than 2036….they’re desensitizing us to the idea, inasmuch as they can…. 

[thomaserossi]

Ask me in 2035 if I care.

By that time the Muslims in Eurabia will have murdered all of the scientists and the Cultural Marxists will cheer from the "Diversity" claiming "only more Multiculturalism will solve these problems."

[Armigo91]

I did forgot to mention the phrase "houston we got a problem"

It could always happen that the retro boosters could fail once its parket next to the asteroid.

So we probably need a reserve probe.

[Armigo91]

The force of gravity is as accurate as a computer can do math. So questioning the aproach of gravity assist is like saying a computer is a worse way of calculation PI

[Armigo91]

distant. Course changes by only 0.1degrees will send the asteroid around earth instead of in earth:P

In fact if a asteroid was about to collide with earth it itself is a precise aim and accuracy that it does. So you also need precise change in accuracy to make it not hit.

[Armigo91]

Nobody understands anything about how gravity works, its pathetic.

You can precisely meassure from the moment a asteroid leaves the asteroid belt wether its gonna hit 4-5 or many years later or not.

By the time the asteroid is 2 years before impact we already had a delta 4 heavy or ariana 5 rocket put a car sized probe next to the asteroid. Even if the asteroid is like 10km wide, it will only have to move by several meter per second over a course of 2 years.

When your target is small and

[Baldurthegood]

why don't we tow the damn thing back and mine it. ORE ORE!!!!

[m8585645]

I think better is to evaporate it, cuz it might collision with others :D

[MichaelSLify]

Where Obama cuts NASA's money on future expenses. the ESA non conformist/liberal will continue the true work.

The ESA does amazing things.

[Winner8501]

Despite all the recent backlash, nukes are still the only viable option we have for deflecting large rocks. Like it or not, if we now discovered a 10 km object heading for an impact in a matter of years, we wouldn't have time to perfect all the other, "softer" strategies for deflection. We'd have to deliver a strong kick to deflect the rock enough to prevent a collision. Nuclear weapons are the most practical means of doing that.

In any case, I hope ESA gives this mission a green light.

[granddad2002]

I'd rather have the option of lobing a 'tsar-class' nuclear warhead at an Earth-killer from outside the Earth-Moon system than just using soft strategies of solar mirror or gravity tractors or mini-robotic termites? These asteroid mission are good feasibility test for such an event.

[EnRage690]

Sancho and Hidalgo kinda suck

[Kawaiibat]

If you have a detonation above it's surface just to change it's trajectory from some degrees would be awesome still.

[NielsShoe]

cant nuke a asteroid it will do nothing the largest ever nuke only made a small crator the only way is to eject rocks off an asteroide with a machine thats based on the asteroid that will push it but you got to start the operation 20 years before it hits.

[PnoyPryD]

where u can buy those toy ?

[lonatgagogaga]

where do you think? in hospital.. idiot of course in a toy shop.

[Macjima]

Things don't blow up in space

[TuckmanJiggityJones]

...except when they do.

[FistsofVengeance]

this is amazing. look at what humans can achieved. the mathematics involved is so advanced and precise.

truly amazing.

so many stupid comments on this video.

[TrappedunderIcE7]

i say create a disposable rocket that can push the asteroid outta the way

that way we dont have to deal with nuclear remains close to earth

[hh3roo]

YAY NUKE THE HUGE 10MI ROCK

and ud get what u see in maplestory, a meteor shower

[Karagianis]

The idea of DESTROYING an asteroid with nukes is Holywood science. The actual plans put forward for the use of bombs against asteroids concentrate on the idea of DEFLECTING the asteroid so that it misses the earth.

[TheTechnoman55]

@Karagianis Wouldnt nuking an asteroid shatter it to pieces that would just burn in the atmosphere?

[Winner8501]

@TheTechnoman55

In such a desperate situation (that is, if we failed to deflect the asteroid), shattering it could help if we could guarantee the resulting pieces of debris wouldn't be too large. Also, the cloud of debris would probably destroy all our satellites in LEO and heat up the upper atmosphere considerably upon impact. It's hard to tell what would that do to us.

In any case, you'd still be unable to destroy it with ICBMs, they can't reach beyond the low earth orbit.

[justmymage]

@Karagianis Well not really. I mean the idea of ICBM´s using as anti-comet/meteor weaponry is stupid since To kill a huge comet requires a shitload of ICBM´s. Which in turn poison our athmosphere whit radiation=slow death.

though several FOABS/MOABS in high altitude should manage to blow it up and clear the smaller bits of meteor also. And if that dont work then just fire all the non-nuclear weaponry (also ozone layer would make comet 1/10 of suns temperature=making the comet much smaller.)

[thatbihwhoopin]

No, you have to think that in space, the gravity is different. Also, there's a huge different in blowing up a large building than 'destroying' a 1 mi+ across asteroid/comet (the minimum size rock that would cause serious danger. My point is landing something on the asteroid would be very difficult, not to mention what I have previously mention. Research it.

[thatbihwhoopin]

Actually blowing up an asteroid with nukes would not work. Especially considering you can't predict how the explosion will break apart the rock. Consider this, a 10 mile wide meteor and x-megaton nuke, but it only turns one into several dozen or hundred, then you would have a even more dire situation. Most scientists are in consensus about not 'Deep Impact''n it.

[PnoyPryD]

man u guys dint realize we should save the money after the IMPACT.

[RebirthedKarma]

I think we do have the technology it's just a matter of time. Suppose an asteroid hit us tomorrow. I think we'd kinda be screwed, but suppose the one on 2036 is going to hit, I think with our technology we'd have the right amount of time to get it to there.

[tikkiomggosh]

good point

[Rikotistic]

That's majorly ambitious. Just hope no one from the Midwest of the U.S. ends up programming and churning the numbers for the orbiter and impactor. You may get someone who thinks the earth is only seven thousand years old working on a hi-tech project. Again, very ambitious project. Good vid.