Air Force 'rods from god' kinetic weapon could hit with nuclear-weapon force

Re:Air Force 'rods from god' kinetic weapon could hit with n... by drivingmenuts on Sunday February 17, 2019 @02:09AM (#19183089)

Pretty soon we’ll just dropping small meteors. Farming them might not be cheap, but we’re not going to run out of them.

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Re:Air Force 'rods from god' kinetic weapon could hit with n... by kumarvvr on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:52AM (#19183422)

Always have been curious about bringing outerspace stuff to earth.

Lets say we learn to mine asteroids, wouldnt the extra weight added to earth affect its orbital mechanics in anyway?

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Re:Air Force 'rods from god' kinetic weapon could hit with n... by ygra on Sunday February 17, 2019 @04:31AM (#19183567)

Considering that lots of stuff already ends up on Earth from outer space, I doubt it has a meaningful effect. We also throw stuff from Earth into space (the planet does so without us as well).

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Re:Air Force 'rods from god' kinetic weapon could hit with n... by dbt00 on Sunday February 17, 2019 @04:23AM (#19183537)

The entire asteroid belt weighs less than 5% of the moon, and most of the material would have little economic justification for bringing it down.

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