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Actually there is - like most technology it all scales up, and if it happens you bet we'd all be in factories churning out nukes/rockets if we had to. If you do
by jheriko 17y ago
Actually there is - like most technology it all scales up, and if it happens you bet we'd all be in factories churning out nukes/rockets if we had to. If you do the numbers, sure it comes out big, but 4 billion kg is not really that much - especially compared to the production capacity of 6 billion people over a couple of days. We could produce the required energy to move it by collectively winding handles let alone manufacturing nukes.
Besides that impending death is an excellent motivator.
- zaphar 17y agoYeah but the real problem is spotting it in time. The sky is really big.
- stcredzero 17y agoIf the projectiles are relativistic, then warning could only be a few days or even a few hours ahead of time. Even relativistic impactors are unnecessary. Low albedo impactors coming in from angles far off the ecliptic would be exceedingly hard to spot.
- Retric 17y agoIt's not a question of mass but velocity. .01 * the speed of light = 2,997,924.58 m / s 1kg traveling at 2,997,924.58 m / s = 6,706,166.29 mph. At that speed it has the same kinetic energy as ~10,000,000,000 kg traveling 67mph.