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Thanks for the info pal, at least even I, (A mere troll according to some) …

Let it drop, Lincoln 7.

With immediate effect, if you please.

Remember Newton’s Third Law of Motion……

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Why and when did “They” ban the use of nuclear explosions in space?

In 1967: http://history.nasa.gov/1967treaty.html

See Article IV.

Surely it would have been the Reichsmarkzone? 😎

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I’ve just had to delete the same off-topic posting twice.

Please don’t post it again!

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To allow this thread to stand would be to set a precedent.

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Where did I say something would take years? :confused:

You didn’t. It was me. 🙂

So how do we get a sail alongside a meteor travelling at speeds between 10,000 and 40,000 metres per second for long enough to exert any kind of force for long enough to have any effect? I’m not really seeing how this idea is practically possible, and I still don’t really believe that a force of probably 1 or 2 newtons is really enough to even vaguely influence the trajectory of a meteor.

I’m no rocket scientist, but these chaps seem to have worked the numbers out.

I prefer the “white paint” option myself. :p

As I understand it,:p every action has an equal and opposite reaction, as space is a vaccume, exactly what resistance do the rockets have to push against to give tthem their forwards thrust?

You’re being serious, aren’t you? 😮

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