tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874869649906953718.post5025452907408958647..comments2022-03-03T17:16:23.881-08:00Comments on A Guy in the World: A New National Security Problem: Stopping Killer Asteroids?Chuck Blanchardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01417638725063186710noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1874869649906953718.post-27775398415819593472017-04-19T13:39:26.760-07:002017-04-19T13:39:26.760-07:00Thanks for the post , such Asteroids may cause far...Thanks for the post , such Asteroids may cause far greater more damage than destruction of an entire continent ( that is, in the best case ) . The physical destruction, is not the only issue, but: <br /><br />The domino impact on the ecological system. Ashes would be lifted in huge quantities, and block the sun. Freezing darkness shall reign . Mega volcanoes may erupt, and create huge damage to the environment and lift to the atmosphere, unbelievable amount of sulfide, which in its turn, shall also suffocate our echosystem and atmosphere. <br /><br />The only realistic and possible somehow solution , that may reduce the damage , is the following one : <br />Once we know the course of an asteroid, and time interval (which is really expected to be so ) we can calculate the hitting point, and right there, build up, huge towers made of steel (I mean huge, 3 km up in the air, and hundreds of meters wide) we can expect asteroid (depends upon the size also) to hit them first, and loose so, much of its energy, before hitting the earth itself. Of course explosives can be put there , at the top of the towers , in huge quantities , and increase the spread of the huge energy before hitting earth . <br />Humanity, is capable, and well organized for such project, has to do with sheer motivation , and mechanic engineering in huge scales. <br /><br />One may read here on " impact winter " mentioned : <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_winter<br /><br />Thanks <br />el roamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406442932147092365noreply@blogger.com