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I would wager that Isaac Newton would have been hesitant to claim that an asteroid’s trajectory could be modified by humans.
by cj 4y ago
I would wager that Isaac Newton would have been hesitant to claim that an asteroid’s trajectory could be modified by humans.
- IshKebab 4y agoProbably not if he knew humans could launch rockets into space.
- hypertele-Xii 4y agoLiterally Newton's Third Law: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This was the guy who figured out exactly that if the asteroid can modify your trajectory, you can modify its.
- sbaiddn 4y agoBecause he ignored the possibilities of rockers, or because he didn't believe his laws are valid in the planetary scale?