Re: Dinner Tonight, 1/31/2025

Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

On 2025-02-11, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:
 

Good lord.  Musk's SpaceX couldn't do a darn thing about an asteroid.

 

Maybe you've been watching too much old Star Trek episodes. "The
Paradise Syndrome":

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradise_Syndrome

 

or do you equate Musk with Mr. Spock?

  While I loved and lived for Star Trek, we have had the technology to
turn a 300 foot asteroid (meteor) into little rocks and have for
decades. We have the nukes. Elon has the rockets.
Or we could have someone else do it. Nearly all of the rocks would burn
up in our atmosphere and would provide a spectacular meteor shower.
Be there or be square. ;)
 leo
 

Then maybe Elon should be practicing asteroid landings instead of laying out space as the Riviera for him to charge $7 mill .  Do something practical!