The hard part is launching a nuke without setting off nuclear armageddon when all of the nuke-holding countries panic and launch theirs, so uh ... why bother with the asteroid part?
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Short answer: no
If you wanted to redirect it, you'd want to start nudging it way before it gets to earth.
Here's an example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test
what if i send 100 missions like these, but to direct it to earth?
Sure, there are plenty of options. Just do these in reverse:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance#Nuclear_explosive_device
very cool, hey i like you, thanks for helping me
just because you were nice to me, i'd like to advice you to leave earth before 2029
Like reverse Armageddon?
I thought reverse Armageddon was where you send astronauts to go work in a mine for ... reasons?
I can picture Steve Buscemi in this standing on earth this time, stating "this place is like Dr. Seuss's worst nightmare"
I'd watch it.
I would think that Allah would be able to figure something out without needing nuclear weapons.
If Allah cared we would all be in hell already.
Wait a minute...
... And yet, here we are.
indeed
Asking for a friend?
Settle down there Dr.Evil...
I don't know, but someone should try. Maybe it would knock us into a less stupid timeline.
It would blow apart the asteroid.
A lot of then aren't sold rocks, but loose groups of small rocks and dust held together only by a small amount of gravity because there's nothing else around.