NASA plans to make a asteroid into a space station

[Reagent]

Nasa scientists are planning to capture a 500 ton asteroid, relocate it and turn it into a space station for astronauts on their way to Mars

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[Phoenix]

saw this on flipboard.

[Derpy the Derp]

This is how the apoc happens.
That station's gonna collide with the earth, and at least one country will be wiped out.

[Pope Marcus III]

500 ton Asteroid that collides with the earth wont wipe out one country.......the entire world would be wiped out

[Derpy the Derp]

(12-31-2012 09:25 PM)Derpy the Derp Wrote:  This is how the apoc happens.
That station's gonna collide with the earth, and at least one country will be wiped out and at most the entire world is fucked

[Moose]

(12-31-2012 09:29 PM)Pope Marcus III Wrote:  500 ton Asteroid that collides with the earth wont wipe out one country.......the entire world would be wiped out

[Reagent]

It's planetary annihilation's viral event :D

[Tumor]

How would a 500 ton astroid wipe out the Earth? It would be way too tiny to do that lol
A 500 ton object hitting a billion ton object or how ever much the Earth ways won't destroy the Earth
this was probably caused by a 500 ton or larger meteor, it is 1km across

[John Nukette]

But yet we don't go back to the moon.



Why?

[Reagent]

Go watch Apollo 18 John

[Al Kapwn]

(12-31-2012 10:44 PM)John Nukette Wrote:  But yet we don't go back to the moon.



Why?

Why would we need to go back to the moon? We already have all the information we need from it. It's all about mars now biotch.

[Necromancer]

(12-31-2012 10:25 PM)Tumor Wrote:  How would a 500 ton astroid wipe out the Earth? It would be way too tiny to do that lol
A 500 ton object hitting a billion ton object or how ever much the Earth ways won't destroy the Earth
this was probably caused by a 500 ton or larger meteor, it is 1km across

f=m * a

force= 205746038122.22(weight in grams) * 25000 (meters a asteroid travels in a second)

force= 5143650953055500 force (in grams)

and that would go to around 50441984618781.72 newtons, an average atomic bomb has around 300,000 newtons of force.. 50441984618781.72/300,000 = 168,139,948.72927 atomic bombs.

So, about a hundred million atomic bombs going off.





I think that'd destroy the earth

[Al Kapwn]

(01-01-2013 06:16 PM)Necromancer Wrote:  

(12-31-2012 10:25 PM)Tumor Wrote:  How would a 500 ton astroid wipe out the Earth? It would be way too tiny to do that lol
A 500 ton object hitting a billion ton object or how ever much the Earth ways won't destroy the Earth
this was probably caused by a 500 ton or larger meteor, it is 1km across

f=m * a

force= 205746038122.22(weight in grams) * 25000 (meters a asteroid travels in a second)

force= 5143650953055500 force (in grams)

and that would go to around 50441984618781.72 newtons, an average atomic bomb has around 300,000 newtons of force.. 50441984618781.72/300,000 = 168,139,948.72927 atomic bombs.

So, about a hundred million atomic bombs going off.





I think that'd destroy the earth

F=MA

Mass=KILOGRAMS not grams.

Acceleration does not equal velocity. You presented the velocity, or meters/second. Acceleration is meters/second/second or in other words meters per second squared. Your math is all flawed.

[Derpy the Derp]

asteroid hit earth
1 small place be destroyed
thog no need your puny meth


Seriously though gonna agree with Tumor

[Necromancer]

(01-01-2013 06:33 PM)Al Kapwn Wrote:  

(01-01-2013 06:16 PM)Necromancer Wrote:  

(12-31-2012 10:25 PM)Tumor Wrote:  How would a 500 ton astroid wipe out the Earth? It would be way too tiny to do that lol
A 500 ton object hitting a billion ton object or how ever much the Earth ways won't destroy the Earth
this was probably caused by a 500 ton or larger meteor, it is 1km across

f=m * a

force= 205746038122.22(weight in grams) * 25000 (meters a asteroid travels in a second)

force= 5143650953055500 force (in grams)

and that would go to around 50441984618781.72 newtons, an average atomic bomb has around 300,000 newtons of force.. 50441984618781.72/300,000 = 168,139,948.72927 atomic bombs.

So, about a hundred million atomic bombs going off.





I think that'd destroy the earth

F=MA

Mass=KILOGRAMS not grams.

Acceleration does not equal velocity. You presented the velocity, or meters/second. Acceleration is meters/second/second or in other words meters per second squared. Your math is all flawed.

I studied this in the seventh grade, give me a break:V

and it's pretty obvious that either way, the earth would be destroyed.

[Al Kapwn]

(01-01-2013 06:37 PM)Necromancer Wrote:  

(01-01-2013 06:33 PM)Al Kapwn Wrote:  

(01-01-2013 06:16 PM)Necromancer Wrote:  

(12-31-2012 10:25 PM)Tumor Wrote:  How would a 500 ton astroid wipe out the Earth? It would be way too tiny to do that lol
A 500 ton object hitting a billion ton object or how ever much the Earth ways won't destroy the Earth
this was probably caused by a 500 ton or larger meteor, it is 1km across

f=m * a

force= 205746038122.22(weight in grams) * 25000 (meters a asteroid travels in a second)

force= 5143650953055500 force (in grams)

and that would go to around 50441984618781.72 newtons, an average atomic bomb has around 300,000 newtons of force.. 50441984618781.72/300,000 = 168,139,948.72927 atomic bombs.

So, about a hundred million atomic bombs going off.





I think that'd destroy the earth

F=MA

Mass=KILOGRAMS not grams.

Acceleration does not equal velocity. You presented the velocity, or meters/second. Acceleration is meters/second/second or in other words meters per second squared. Your math is all flawed.

I studied this in the seventh grade, give me a break:V

and it's pretty obvious that either way, the earth would be destroyed.

The article says the asteroid they plan on lassoing has a diameter of 1600 feet, that equates to about 488 meters. This arcticle gives probable destruction damage based on size of the asteroid.

350 Meters - Destroys area the size of a
small state. Ocean impacts produce
tsunamis.

700 Meters - Land impact destroys Virginia,
Tiawan and ocean impact causes
major tsunami.

So if anything the asteroid would destroy at most an area the size of Virginia.

[Zinc]

also, you are forgetting how much of it would burn up upon planetary reentry.

[Marshmellow]

(12-31-2012 09:33 PM)Moose Wrote:  

(12-31-2012 09:29 PM)Pope Marcus III Wrote:  500 ton Asteroid that collides with the earth wont wipe out one country.......the entire world would be wiped out

are you fucking retarded
500 tons is like nothing

[Tumor]

(01-02-2013 11:52 PM)Marshmellow Wrote:  

(12-31-2012 09:33 PM)Moose Wrote:  

(12-31-2012 09:29 PM)Pope Marcus III Wrote:  500 ton Asteroid that collides with the earth wont wipe out one country.......the entire world would be wiped out

are you fucking retarded
500 tons is like nothing

Exactly my point

[Clutch]

Isn't like a thimble full of a super nova 1.2 billion tons?