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Cant we just attach all nukes to one side of the moon, make it explode so hard that it pushes the moon toward the earth that it hits like a cool asteroid? Haha

• ineedasername 6y ago
  It would take some reengineering but you could probably convert the nukes to directed-energy rockets, harnessing the full power of the blast & using part of the moon itself as reaction mass. The problem though is still the amount of energy needed: In short, too much. Ball park estimate place it at about 410^28 joules, and a large nuker only puts out about 410^15. The theory is still sound though, and could be modified: Drill down a hundred miles or so and put 90% of the nukes down the hole to blow a crater out. Take the largest chunks and the remaining 10% of the nukes and proceed as originally planned, but on a smaller scale. Bonus: The debris should also make its way to LEO and trigger a cascade of collisions that take out everything in orbit.
  • ineedasername 6y ago
    Not sure what happened with my formatting in my above comment, but they should read 4 x 10^28 etc.
    • robocat 6y ago
      You can’t put asterisks in comments because they are used for markdown italics.