Avoiding Armageddon: Diverting Asteroids Nuclear Explosives

Every couple of years, the earth is hit by a body with energy near that of the Hiroshima bomb. Deposited high in the atmosphere these events causes little or no damage. On longer timescales, impacts occur with the potential to destroy regions, or whole civilizations. Learn about the impact threat, followed by a systematic development of the requirements to divert such an object. Series: Science on Saturday [2/2010] [Science] [Show ID: 17643]

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Education

Tags:

• asteroids
• nuclear weapons
• energy
• armageddon

[pamelbia2011]

Oh my God! The future is really scary.

[universetechnique]

Remember I was here.Thai

[preadaptation]

oops 1800

[preadaptation]

where can i get those pics of our map of the solar system from 1880 to 2006?

[PaulUmbarger]

@overseachininadoll Been lucky so far? LO!L Nah, I guess what it would be is that the developed areas take up a seriously small portion of the Earths over all surface. Law of averages just means that there's a better chance of a rock hitting the middle of nowhere than on MainStreet USA.

[helltrackrider]

We will need Vincent Dooly aka The Mother of Invention to devise a safe, efficient, cost effective method of dealing with this catostrophic issue.

watch?v=QPCxHhUPI2c

Luckily for you guys, he lives in California.

[Landrew120880]

Hopefully the answer is "mercy".

[overseachininadoll]

Why do they always only hit the remote of nowheres?