First Meteorites Recovered on Earth from an Asteroid Tracked in Space

I need to know how much it did cost with the equipment in place, to locate this particular asteroid, and pick up the pieces.

I also need to fully grasp at what size an Asteroid becomes more of a threat, than an interesting spectacle.

Bhankii told me, that 100 billion was a pretty standard figure for development and implementation of any sort of Planet Defense System specifically designed to defend mankind from damage from Asteroids.

Since this particular Asteroid, was detected, and it was understood it would hit us, and it did, and then pieces were collected, this implies to me that I need to know from there operating costs annually for the work and machinery upkeep, so as to help me develop more than a Ball Park Figure as I work up my important upcoming April Fools Day Speech.

This particular sort of Asteroid made of urelite would suggest that larger urelite Asteroids might well be blown apart as good enough for Planet Protection. However I don't know at what point it was known that this Asteroid was composed of urelite instead of iron.

If there had been a missile parked at the International Space Station, could we have hit this little Asteroid with it?

I need to know if we've got one missile or missile torpedo suitable for such an experiment.

Bhankii said there is nothing on the shelf suitable, but I'm married to the idea there has to be something that could be applied to the experiment.

I am also married to the idea that it is better to park missiles in Earth Orbit for application towards defense, than to build for Earth to Asteroid attempts at fracturing the thing, or deflection.

My reasons for recommending orbit parking of missiles intended to defend the Homeland, (Planet Earth) are two fold. One significant aspect is Earth Ground weather, which we know can prevent successful rocket launching.

Another is Asteroids come in different sizes, and in some cases one rocket will be good enough, and in other cases multiple strikes will be called for.

No competent General commits his entire army, and maintains a Reserve, so I would not endorse a Planet Defense System that did not have from the get go, a Reserve component.

Further Asteroid Defense Missiles Parked in Orbit could be repositioned by aux positioning prior to full fire once the Asteroid had been located. This means the system would be essentially more agile.

I suppose I actually am impressed by Submarine strategy and tactics, and am applying those to Asteroid defense in the Space Ocean, we live in.

Though I can be quite comic, and willing to make a fool of myself, I am very serious about knowing as much about this subject, as possible prior to my Annual Speech.

Any help will be very much appreciated.

When I say I am married to an idea, or strategy, I am willing to accept the possibility that I might ought to get a divorce from that strategy, if it is stupid. My current recommendations are: Create a Planet Defense System.

Put together a workable plan for a 12,000 person off Planet Habitat, and build that.

My reasons are to insure as much as possible Big Time Species Status for Mankind, in the known Universe.

Sniff..........Poor Transcendian. Must have missed the last episode of Battlestar Gallactica.

Ed Weldon

What was the budget for that?

Gave my Mother a call. She said in the last Battlestar Gallactica they just basically rejected Urban life, and wandered off to be little tribes. Something about handholding impressed her.

I of course was instantly reminded of The Rolling Stones, 2,000 Light Years From Home album.

Mom, said, "Oh yeah, they had that stuff." : in reference to Asteroid defense systems, but I think she liked the hand holding and going off into little tribes thing, better.

"Nobody else's hand will ever do, nobody else but you./Then I awoke./Is this some kind of joke?"

-Stones/Jagger

I've got a deadline coming up here.

Wednesday is April Fools and I've got to give my annual speech.

I was hoping to be serious this year.