Asteroid Search vs Homeland Security

Originally posted by Tzeentch._
You don't think a solar flare or zombie virus could ever happen?

You're too moronic to live

your solution to addressing dangers is brilliant! maybe we should stop pouring money into fire-fighting since we might just as well die in a flood.

right i'm swung to your camp now. the presence of other dangers we may not have the power to evade negates the need to address the ones we have the potential power to evade.

speaking of "evade", nice job.
whats next? a squirting flower? "honk honk"?

I know its brilliant, that's why I said it. Duurrrr

I feel like more money and research would help defend us from terrorists..

I don't think all the money in the world though would prevent us from being bent over and plowed by space if an asteroid the size of Texas decides to broadside us.

Change its trajectory ever so slightly and it will pass right by Earth.

Originally posted by FinalAnswer
Change its trajectory ever so slightly and it will pass right by Earth.

The fact that only 3 million dollars a year gets put towards finding potentially devastating asteroids sledding their way towards earth is pretty amazing, and a bit scary.

Though honestly the argument is a bit of a false choice. There's no reason we can't adequately fight terrorists and search for asteroids that are hell bent on earthly destruction. Surely we can spare more than 3 million dollars a year without hamstringing our ability to kill evil muslims.

Originally posted by Tzeentch._
I know its brilliant, that's why I said it. Duurrrr

herp derp, etc.

are you going to totally pwn any other discussions by parroting the same fallacy and hurling insults?

Originally posted by BackFire
The fact that only 3 million dollars a year gets put towards finding potentially devastating asteroids sledding their way towards earth is pretty amazing, and a bit scary.

That's the budget for one presidential weekend vacation.

its comical

Actually I probably undersold it. According to google, it cost about $180,000 per hour just to operate Air Force One.

budget for filming Armageddon: $140 million
deep impact: 80 million

lol

What's the point in wasting money on detection when the best idea they have for stopping any asteroid colliding with the earth is to paint 1 side of it white.

I wish I was joking.

http://www.omg-facts.com/Science/You-Can-Stop-An-Incoming-Asteroid-By-Pai/53919

With so little research done, are you surprised the best thing 'they've' come up with is a cheap paint job.

what would be so bad and/or ridiculous if the solution was that simple?

Originally posted by focus4chumps
what would be so bad and/or ridiculous if the solution was that simple?

If it would actually work and it's feasible to send Bruce Willis and crew out into space with some industrial paint sprayers, great.

I'm just skeptical, as don't asteroids tumble and spin all over as they're hurdling through space though?

can we really trust bruce willis to not paint giant penises on the asteroids?

Good call, if they're giant, he would undoubtedly be painting them black, which would give us the opposite desired effect.

Originally posted by Robtard
If it would actually work and it's feasible to send Bruce Willis and crew out into space with some industrial paint sprayers, great.

I'm just skeptical, as don't asteroids tumble and spin all over as they're hurdling through space though?