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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] Assuming that we [i]know[/i] there's gas trapped inside it and can really cut that far into it, and that there's enough gas to make a serious course change (not just spin it around). I wonder what a large detonation(s) near the asteroid's trajectory would achieve (nuclear toys again, I know and I [i]know[/i] there'd be protests sending a nuke up on a rocket)? Most military ICBM's are designed to send multiple warheads to very precise coordinates- they could be staggered to explode at several points on the asteroid's trajectory- providing several shockwave "nudges" instead of one large all-or-nothing blast....or possibly several tries at destroying the asteroid, instead of placing all our eggs in one missile. All depending on the size, speed, tumble, shape and composition of the asteroid, of course. <small> probably a hundred other factors too</small> [/QB][/QUOTE]
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