How to prevent a mid-size asteroid from wiping out a city.
The simplest way to do this is to give the asteroid a bump…to knock it off course.
The physics is simple. In billiards, when a moving ball hits a stationary ball it forces the stationary ball to move, and the first ball is usually knocked off its course.
If ball 1 is moving and hits … More “How to prevent a mid-size asteroid from wiping out a city.”
Asteroids that hit the earth: Severe Consequences
• Asteroids: Chance that earth will be hit again
• Meteor Crater in Arizona • Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by a meteor • The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs • Mass extinctions on earth and spiritual implications
Last weekend I stopped at the Meteor Crater in Arizona, just before Flagstaff on I40. It’s a giant … More “Asteroids that hit the earth: Severe Consequences”
Killer Asteroids and End of the World
The dire words of Jesus# “The sun will grow dark and the moon will no longer shine” are supposed to be about the End Times. In other words, this is when many Christians believe Jesus will return to earth. In the later 1900’s it looked like The Cold War between the Soviets and the West … More “Killer Asteroids and End of the World”
What it Feels like in a Tornado Shelter
When the tornado sirens began to whine, I was shaving. Stupidly, I made a decision to finish shaving, which took about two minutes. On the last day of May 2013, we watched on TV a line of deadly thunder cells stretched out along a north-east direction. It was crawling eastward toward southeast Kansas where we … More “What it Feels like in a Tornado Shelter”