Russia 'plans to stop asteroid' Apophis

[Flyboy]

The head of Russia's federal space agency has said it will work to divert an asteroid which will make several passes near the Earth from 2029.

Anatoly Perminov told the Voice of Russia radio service that the agency's science council would hold a closed meeting to discuss the issue.

Any eventual plan is likely to be an international collaboration, he said.

The US space agency said in October that there is a one-in-250,000 chance of Apophis hitting Earth in 2036.


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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8435829.stm

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

Yeah woo, go Russia.

[Coela Bellatore]

"Alright Comrades. First we are going to make a BIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGG gun, and then we will make BIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGG bullets for this BIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGG gun. And then when this asteroid comes near earth... BOOM!!!!!!!! We shoot it with big bullet from big gun! It won't know what hit it! Then we celebrate, hell lets celebrate now! Vasili, get the vodka!"

[aretood2]

"Alright Comrades. First we are going to make a BIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGG gun, and then we will make BIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGG bullets for this BIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGG gun. And then when this asteroid comes near earth... BOOM!!!!!!!! We shoot it with big bullet from big gun! It won't know what hit it! Then we celebrate, hell lets celebrate now! Vasili, get the vodka!"

[Flyboy]

"Alright Comrades. First we are going to make a BIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGG gun, and then we will make BIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGG bullets for this BIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGG gun. And then when this asteroid comes near earth... BOOM!!!!!!!! We shoot it with big bullet from big gun! It won't know what hit it! Then we celebrate, hell lets celebrate now! Vasili, get the vodka!"

That was disgustingly politically incorrect.






Frakkin' funny though.

[Pharaoh Atem]

this can only end badly

[Flyboy]

this can only end badly

How so?


They did manage to get Sputnik into space...

[Pharaoh Atem]

How so?


They did manage to get Sputnik into space...

knowing Russia they'll just nuke it and execpt the whole thing to be destroyed and then up course it will fail and small pieces with land all over the planet killing more people

[Admiral Mappalazarou]

I think America would use shuttles to land on it and then use drills to steal its oil. Maybe we can combine both Russian and Yank ideas and board the asteroid, drill to its centre, put the nuke down and then let it go off. That way the rock can split off into two and avoid a collision with the Earth, and the smaller pieces would more than likely break down in our orbit Bruce Willis has proved this can be done.


...

I miss that guy.

[Flyboy]

knowing Russia they'll just nuke it and execpt the whole thing to be destroyed and then up course it will fail and small pieces with land all over the planet killing more people

The article specifically states that Nukes aren't part of their plan.

That really sounds like quite a US thing to do, imo.

[Pharaoh Atem]

The article specifically states that Nukes aren't part of their plan.

That really sounds like quite a US thing to do, imo.

well we love our nukes.

[Mirelinde]

Strange, I live in Russia - and didn't listen about it... indead our govement cry it for all the world - and hide it of own citizens?

[Flyboy]

Strange, I live in Russia - and didn't listen about it... indead our govement cry it for all the world - and hide it of own citizens?

Just because a citizen doesn't hear about something, doesn't mean it's being hidden...

[Jae'a]

"Alright Comrades. First we are going to make a BIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGG gun, and then we will make BIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGG bullets for this BIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGG gun. And then when this asteroid comes near earth... BOOM!!!!!!!! We shoot it with big bullet from big gun! It won't know what hit it! Then we celebrate, hell lets celebrate now! Vasili, get the vodka!"

Simples!

[KEK]

I'm not sure if it's related, but I know the ESA is planning on altering the trajectory of an asteroid with explosives in order to plan for a potential mission to divert one.