[Starlink] Hitting an atira asteroid with a spacex starship?

[Paul McKenney]

No worries!  I will most definitely make it look like an accident.  ;-)

                                          Thanx, Paul


On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 10:37 AM Bruce Perens via Starlink <
starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:

> If you own a 50 ton spaceship, please do not intentionally hit any
> asteroids or other objects with it. What you get is smaller objects heading
> in different directions at different velocities, none of which are all that
> predictable, and in total more danger to objects in space than before and
> still significant danger to ground objects. What you want is to turn it
> harmless. This is done by gently attaching to it and then giving it a
> controlled push.
>
> I've been curious about what one could do over time just using the
> pressure of light from the ground, or enough light to gassify material to
> add delta V, however high power devices for this would also be effective
> weapons.
>
>     Thanks
>
>     Bruce
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2022 at 5:28 PM Dave Taht via Starlink <
> starlink at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
>
>> So, what would happen if we hit one of these (3 new ones discovered
>> yesterday) with 50tons of starship, at 15 klicks per second? [1]
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atira_asteroid
>>
>> the three new ones, discovered and announced a day or three back:
>>
>>
>> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-near-earth-asteroids-were-hiding-in-the-suns-glare-180981055/
>>
>> (Atira class are rocks within earth orbit. They are very hard to see,
>> probably overly baked (low on volatiles), and get bright sun all the
>> time)
>>
>> [1] I'm very inspired by DART, but afraid to do the math for this
>> tonnage and speed. (anyone? there's a LOT of zeroes... ) I have
>> project ploughshare on my mind, except kinetic, and it's less
>> deflection on my mind than reducing a rubble pile to rubble,
>> identifying the good pieces, and bringing them back.
>>
>>
>>
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