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Asteroid bomb
Capture small asteroids into an elliptical earth orbit for later use as a kinetic energy weapon. | |
Inspired by the idea Hypervelocity Kinetic Bomb.
Suitable candidate asteroids could be located using earth based radar. Rockets would then be sent to nudge their trajectory such that they fall into a highly elliptical earth orbit. An elliptical orbit would minimize the amount of energy needed
to modify the orbit for a collision.
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It's ideas like these that got the dinosaurs wiped out. |
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You must do as I say, or I will destroy all human life <punches numbers into a calculator, frowns, repeats several times before looking up> in one hundred and thirty years! |
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"Same thing we do every day Pinky." "Try and take over the world." |
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yes, grayure, the dinosaurs developed the iridium bomb. |
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No they didn't - *I* did. I never should have shown them how to use it. Damn time machine. |
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No need to use asteroids - plenty of rocks available on the moon. |
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This annotation inspired by Robert Heinlein's "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" |
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Dinosaurs died out because they farted too much. |
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thats why the dinosaur got so beefy, he was a steroid
abuser... |
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With WMD's we shall take over the world!Muhahahaha! As long as the Riddler doesn't show up, he's been sabotaging my plans for years! I've already captured James Bond. You can reach me at
1-800-DOOMDAY
(1-800-3666329) |
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