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minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·4 months agoWhich would also stop the asteroid hitting us as it’d move itself off track
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoOr further on course…
minus-squareTheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoIf it shoots towards us it will therfore move away from us
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months 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.
minus-squareDarthjaffacake@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoMissiles don’t have that amount of kickback unlike guns since their propulsion comes gradually and from themselves.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoA bullet has roughly the kinetic energy of a punch Surely a missile launch would be far higher due to the mass
Which would also stop the asteroid hitting us as it’d move itself off track
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?
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