Asteroids can Kill. No doubt about it.
Just ask the Dinosaurs!
Anyone unfortunate enough to be stuck in the path of one --
doesn't really stand a chance.
Unless that "Someone" happens to have the Intellect,
to channel, and re-direct the immense power of Nature,
towards a Better Outcome.
That someone, should be Us.
Mirror satellites 'could divert asteroid'
The best way to divert an asteroid from a potentially catastrophic collision course with Earth is to deploy a "swarm" of mirror-bearing satellites to focus a beam of sunlight onto its surface, scientists say.
Is there a bigger lesson here?
"Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth."
Of course Archimedes was well versed in the principles of Physics,
and the prime mover in the concept of ... Levers ...
continued at Daily Kos....
