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Wasn't there a military program for dropping metal rods from space? Does this sound at all familiar to anyone?
by merloen 15y ago
Wasn't there a military program for dropping metal rods from space? Does this sound at all familiar to anyone?
- neworbit 15y agoYes - kinetic kill ideas are pretty sound. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment#Project_Thor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment#Project_Tho... Lifting that much mass into orbit is pricy though.
- tsotha 15y agoIt was never a program, just an idea.
- aaronbrethorst 15y agoSure, but only from Neal Stephenson's Anathem: http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Rod http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Rod
- hedgehog 15y agoKinetic cruise missiles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pluto