Okay, but I think you're missing my point. This is NASA we're talking about, and they seem to be tossing numbers out there without really looking too much into it. That really concerns me when they would release information which is bound to scare some people into thinking a meteor is going to kill all life on earth, and in the same report make a comment about a comparable size nuclear blast without really knowing what they are talking about. If they just made up that 20,000 megaton number thinking nobody would pay attention, how are we supposed to believe that anything else in the report has any merit?
How exactly is 10,000 megatons equal to all the world's nuclear weapons?
A little research on wikipedia will show that there is estimated to be at least 29,000 nuclear weapons in existence today. Even if you assume that they only release the energy of the least powerful nuclear bomb, which is 9 megatons, that would put the energy released by all the world's nuclear weapons at around 261,000 megatons. That's an extremely generous underestimate, too. I'm not positive, but I think the average nuke is about 50 megatons, which would put the total at 1,450,000 megatons. Where did they get the 10,000 number from?
Here's that store's address and phone number if you'd like to tell them what you think of their "customer service".
Towson MD (Store 149)
1717 York Road
Timonium, MD 21093
Phone: 410-561-2260
Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00am-9:00pm
Sun 11:00am-7:00pm
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Okay, but I think you're missing my point. This is NASA we're talking about, and they seem to be tossing numbers out there without really looking too much into it. That really concerns me when they would release information which is bound to scare some people into thinking a meteor is going to kill all life on earth, and in the same report make a comment about a comparable size nuclear blast without really knowing what they are talking about. If they just made up that 20,000 megaton number thinking nobody would pay attention, how are we supposed to believe that anything else in the report has any merit?
How exactly is 10,000 megatons equal to all the world's nuclear weapons? A little research on wikipedia will show that there is estimated to be at least 29,000 nuclear weapons in existence today. Even if you assume that they only release the energy of the least powerful nuclear bomb, which is 9 megatons, that would put the energy released by all the world's nuclear weapons at around 261,000 megatons. That's an extremely generous underestimate, too. I'm not positive, but I think the average nuke is about 50 megatons, which would put the total at 1,450,000 megatons. Where did they get the 10,000 number from?
Here's that store's address and phone number if you'd like to tell them what you think of their "customer service". Towson MD (Store 149) 1717 York Road Timonium, MD 21093 Phone: 410-561-2260 Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00am-9:00pm Sun 11:00am-7:00pm
I think this guy has negative intelligence