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Asteroid Defense - Term Papers

Asteroid Defense

When it comes down to developing a way to defend the entire planet from
destruction I am all for it. A large asteroid or comet hitting the earth is not
a common occurrence. But it has happened many times before and when it does
happen again the asteroid may wipe out all life, including humans. If our
government did develop an anti-asteroid defense system, it would not only have
to protect our country, but the whole planet.
If we had such technology we would first have to be very sure it would
work. We wouldn’t want to shoot a nuclear weapon at an asteroid just to have it
break into multiple pieces and have those pieces raining down on Earth. One of
the most important parts of ...

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scary thought. In the past
we have been very lucky with where asteroids have hit our earth. Back in 1908
in the Tunguska region of Siberia, an object from space hit there causing miles
of forest to be devastated. If that same object had hit New York, it would have
probably been like a 20 megaton bomb going off in Times Square. That would have
completely altered history. What makes it worse is that it is thought that a
small comet hit in Tunguska. What if a huge comet had hit there? These
examples are very good reasons why I think that humankind needs to come up with
a way to stop asteroids or any other type of object that could kill off all life
on ...

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Added: 7/3/2007 06:06:44 PM
Category: Science & Nature
Type: Premium Paper
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