mammikoura
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Brookfield said:Sorry, but I still maintain it'll be as I have said, it will act the same as a powerful rocket engine, for every action there's got to be a reaction, the mass of an asteroid is mostly iron, immensely strong, so, even if they manage to bore a hole, the explosion even if it was nuclear, would only push in one direction, out of the borehole, an uncontained explosiion like a large firework rocket, & give an almighty shove to the asteroid, admittedly it wouldn't move much, given the size of it, but with no gravity, therefore no friction it would keep on going, yes, it would be great if it pushes it away from Earth, but that can't be guaranteed, as the explosion might have a side effect, & alter it's course towards Earth.
Can anyone else see that?, I've worked it out pretty logically I think.
I see what you mean. But we all know that explosion is an expanding thingy. So it needs space to expand, if there isn't any it will make some because of the huge energy released.
Let me draw what I'm thinking.
|----|
| b| asteroid with b marking the spot of the bomb.
|----|
|----/
|´´´| asteroid after explosion.
|----\
The part that broke off would be flying somewhere of course, but wouldn't harm earth. Now Do that 10 times and you won't have a big asteroid anymore.