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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•6 days agoWhich would also stop the asteroid hitting us as it’d move itself off track
minus-square@DarthjaffacakelinkEnglish1•3 days agoMissiles don’t have that amount of kickback unlike guns since their propulsion comes gradually and from themselves.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 days agoA bullet has roughly the kinetic energy of a punch Surely a missile launch would be far higher due to the mass
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•6 days agoIf it shoots towards us it will therfore move away from us
minus-squareZiglin (they/them)linkEnglish6•6 days agoIf it is on a trajectory past earth and it shoots at us it will slow it down, adjusting the trajectory and potentially hitting earth.
Which would also stop the asteroid hitting us as it’d move itself off track
Missiles don’t have that amount of kickback unlike guns since their propulsion comes gradually and from themselves.
A bullet has roughly the kinetic energy of a punch
Surely a missile launch would be far higher due to the mass
Or further on course…
If it shoots towards us it will therfore move away from us
If it is on a trajectory past earth and it shoots at us it will slow it down, adjusting the trajectory and potentially hitting earth.
This person Kerbals
Is it that obvious?