In reply to de Bivort Lawrence's message of Thu, 7 Feb 2013 23:28:29 -0500: Hi, >Wouldn't blowing up an asteroid merely create a lot of smaller pieces raining >down on earth, with only a few deflected into non-collision paths.
If the pieces are small enough, they will burn up in the atmosphere harmlessly. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
