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"it's quite difficult to think of a beneficial application of the atomic bomb, and thus, very difficult to justify its invention from a moral/valued standpoint.
by defterGoose 8y ago
"it's quite difficult to think of a beneficial application of the atomic bomb, and thus, very difficult to justify its invention from a moral/valued standpoint."
Large, efficient explosives in space is an obvious one. We will need to crack open asteroids to mine them or blow one up so it doesn't collide with something eventually. I hope.
- craftyguy 8y ago> blow one up so it doesn't collide with something eventually. The one thing worse than a large asteroid heading for you is dozens of medium-sized ones and thousands of small ones all heading for you.
- nafey 8y agoThis is often repeated but I doubt if this is true. There will be more surface area exposed to the atmosphere for one. Notice that this falls apart if you end up dividing it in millions of smaller pieces
- babuskov 8y agoIt would probably be better to use the explosion to nudge its trajectory instead.
- srtjstjsj 8y agoThat's simply not true.
- craftyguy 8y ago[citation needed]