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Whenever I read about leap seconds, somewhere in my mind I wonder if wouldn't just be easier to blow up a bunch of "booster" nukes every few years. ;)
by IvyMike 11y ago
Whenever I read about leap seconds, somewhere in my mind I wonder if wouldn't just be easier to blow up a bunch of "booster" nukes every few years. ;)
- pavel_lishin 11y agoWould that actually alter the spin of the Earth? I assumed that you'd be more likely to have more success by making a few passes past the planet with a sizable asteroid.
- chc 11y agoIvyMike's plan is silly, but it sounds a lot more feasible than this one.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoI don't know enough about any of this to judge which one is more feasible. Detonating nukes on the surface is "easy", but would it be effective? How much energy and money would it take to divert some asteroids? I haven't done the research, and almost certainly won't :P
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- jarin 11y agoIt would take a hell of a lot of nukes to create enough energy to alter Earth's spin in any significant way. http://www.livescience.com/32120-can-a-nuclear-blast-alter-earths-rotation.html http://www.livescience.com/32120-can-a-nuclear-blast-alter-e...
- Zancarius 11y agoConsidering your username, this suggestion somehow doesn't surprise me. ;) (I'm assuming that particular test served as your inspiration.)