Would giant air bag stop killer space rock?

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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Warin @ Sep. 01 2002,20:24)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Paratrooper @ Sep. 01 2002,18:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">A nuclear strike on an asteroid would just send a cloud of radioactive rock and dust to earth, nuclear winter anyone?<span id='postcolor'>

LOL

Good one

Deris small enough to cause that sort of blanketing effect wont enter the atmosphere.  If it did, the earth would have been in this situation long, long ago.  If the debris is small enough it will burn up in the atmosphere.

I think we need to come up with an effective way to divert large asteroids and such.  But I dont think nuking it to oblivion is a practical idea.  In the article, they mention sending some sort of propulsion unit to divert the course.  Somehow I think this is the best idea.<span id='postcolor'>

New Scientist magazine said that (what I said) a couple of years ago, after the deep impact film, there was quite a good article. Nuclear weapons are not the solution! I think we should just make more churches!

[Warin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Paratrooper @ Sep. 01 2002,20:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">New Scientist magazine said that (what I said) a couple of years ago, after the deep impact film, there was quite a good article. Nuclear weapons are not the solution! I think we should just make more churches!  <span id='postcolor'>

If a large asteroid impacted earth, then yes, you'd get a 'nuclear winter' effect.

No..not more churches. More self sustaining underground civilisations!

[Paratrooper 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Warin @ Sep. 01 2002,20:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">No..not more churches.  More self sustaining underground civilisations! <span id='postcolor'>

Either way... The radioactive dust of a nuked asteroid would be as devastating as a large solid impact.

[Warin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Paratrooper @ Sep. 01 2002,20:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Warin @ Sep. 01 2002,20:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">No..not more churches.  More self sustaining underground civilisations! <span id='postcolor'>

Either way... The radioactive dust of a nuked asteroid would be as devastating as a large solid impact.<span id='postcolor'>

Dig me up the article. It sounds like hogwash to me. The earth is bombarded with radiation daily, and also there is a lot of space dust as well.

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</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Warin @ Sep. 01 2002,20:55)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Paratrooper @ Sep. 01 2002,20:48)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Warin @ Sep. 01 2002,20:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">No..not more churches.  More self sustaining underground civilisations! <span id='postcolor'>

Either way... The radioactive dust of a nuked asteroid would be as devastating as a large solid impact.<span id='postcolor'>

Dig me up the article. It sounds like hogwash to me.  The earth is bombarded with radiation daily, and also there is a lot of space dust as well.<span id='postcolor'>

Not millions of tons of radioactive dust at once! The article said; (this is from memory as I don't keep years worth of magazines) that fourty years warning would be needed to safely destroy such a rock.