[meteorite-list] Ready To Tackle Armageddon (Don Quixote Mission)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2166598.stm 'Ready to tackle Armageddon' By Ivan Noble BBC News August 9, 2002 A space mission to knock a potential rogue asteroid off course is undergoing feasibility studies with money from the European Space Agency (Esa). A Spanish company,

Re: [meteorite-list] Ready To Tackle Armageddon (Don Quixote Mission)

Hey All, I just hope they knock it the right way and not towards us. Remember the Peter Principle. Steve Ron Baalke wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2166598.stm 'Ready to tackle Armageddon' By Ivan Noble BBC News August 9, 2002 A space mission to knock a potential

Re: [meteorite-list] Ready To Tackle Armageddon (Don Quixote Mission)

Hey All, I just hope they knock it the right way and not towards us. Remember the Peter Principle. Steve The impact of the spacecraft on the asteroid would be very insubstantial. It would take something like a nuclear bomb to get any significent change in orbit. Incidently, the