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A big asteroid, a rocket to get there and a whole bunch of paint would already be a weapon of mass destruction.
by Aerroon 6y ago
A big asteroid, a rocket to get there and a whole bunch of paint would already be a weapon of mass destruction.
- lostlogin 6y agoWhere does the paint come into it?
- zaarn 6y agoIf you paint the asteroid red racing stripes, it gets faster.
- barry-cotter 6y agoIf you can change the reflectance/albedo of the asteroid the pressure of sunlight will push it into a slightly different orbit. That different orbit is one where it hits what you want it to hit.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoI'm going to guess it's a reference to the most recent season / one of the later books in Expanse series. Spoiler (rot13): Fbzr Orygref fgbyr ohpxrgf bs fgrnygu cnvag sebz Znef zvyvgnel, hfrq gurz gb znxr n srj nfgrebvqf zhpu uneqre gb qrgrpg, naq gura chg gur ebpxf n pbyyvfvba pbhefr jvgu Rnegu sebz nsne.
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- Aerroon 6y agoI'm not sure about The Expanse, but barry-cotter is right. If you can change the color of the asteroid then through the change in radiation pressure you can change the orbit of the asteroid. This can have a fairly substantial effect over a long period of time.