| vicki |
05-25-2006 02:36 PM |
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Originally Posted by Phoenix
i wrote a short science fiction story once about a fleet of spider like rocket boosters...that swarm over an incoming comet..obviously they need to be close to the path it is following..but anyway...you pepper the surface of the comet with these spiders..which clamp into the surface and when you have a certain portion of the surface area covered..they fire their rockets in a concentrated direction and if you had enough distance between us and and the comet...you should be able to push it even a slight push overdistance changes the path hugely
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LOL I had to read that twice .. I kept wondering if spiders can live in no oxygen, no gravity. Then I noticed the word 'LIKE' hehe
ya know alot of technology we have today is based on yesterdays science fiction, I always find that interesting.
On another note, my hubby and son are astronomy enthusiasts. They're always telling me stuff like this and it scares the bejeebers out of me ... it doesn't help that son is a physics and aerotech guru so its even worse when he describes it!
They aren't just foil hat weirdos at NASA, they are dedicated scientists and I doubt they have any interest in killing their reputation and/or career by spouting out things that have no basis. Do I think I'm going to die today or in June ? ..... I'm a wuss, I prefer to keep my head in the sand on this one lol |
