Space rock 'on collision course'

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

Of course, it's also conceivable that we can calibrate our missile weaponry to intercept such an object. We've put entire ships into space and sent complex satellites on finely calculated journeys past Saturn. I hold no fears that, by 2019, we'll be unable to throw a few glorified bombs into the meteor's path. One atomic bomb levelled Nagasaki. I think two or three could handle a rock with a span of only a couple kilometers.

There is a difference between obliterating a city and destroying an asteroid. A city only requires the destruction of what is on the surface.

Jam it back in, in the dark.