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Air Bags for Planetary Defense

Posted by michael on from the seat-belts-and-infant-seats-also-available dept.

Gallowglass writes "The Canadian paper, the National Post, is reporting on a plan to divert asteroids headed towards Earth. According to the story, the proposer, a Dr. Hermann Burchard, suggests deploying an inflatable mylar bag a few kilometers in size, and using it to push the projectile aside. An air bag for earth? The deployment mechanism isn't detailed in the story."

2 of 248 comments (clear)

  1. Sure, but by principio · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...who will take out the air bag and replace it with a TV?

  2. Faulty air bag by amaiman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, if it's anything like the Ford Focus, the Earth will be engulfed in a giant fireball when the airbag catches fire on deployment :-)