Anthony,
There may be a way to throw a big FISH NET over a comet head, and
slowly drag it into a new orbit. That's one of the dozen or so
technologies for deflecting hazardous objects.
Another competing technology, among that dozen, is to use GRAVITY
as a "line" from a heavy (massive) space-tugboat. No ropes are used:
A heavy spaceship pulls up next to a comet (or other object), and
the mutual attraction exerts a force on both the ship and on the
comet. The ship uses ship's-engines to nudge away from the comet
a little at a time, or every so often. Eventually, the gravity of
the ship exerted on the comet has pulled the comet "off-course!,"
and into a new orbit. This is a slow process, so we need a good
head-start on doing it, in order to nudge the comet far enough off
course to save the earth. But it can be done, rest assured.
Gravity is the weakest force (for some still-unknown reason), but
as you know, it is real. We are reminded of this every time we
look down at the bathroom scale. ;-)
Or raise back up off the floor, doing prostrations-practice.
--Joe
Anthony Wu <wuasg@...> wrote:
> Then if the head of a comet is coming head on to your earth, there is no way
> we can deflect it. Human beings will follow the footsteps of the dinosaurs.
> That will solve all pollution and war problems, paving the way for a new
> kind of 'sentient beings'. Nevertheless, the new beings will still have greed
> and hatred.
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