From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Jul 06 2004 - 18:59:59 PDT
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:23:50 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: DwayneDay <zirconic1_at_earthlink.net<mailto:zirconic1_at_earthlink.net>>
Subject: [FPSPACE] Giant bombs and rockets
To: fpspace_at_friends-partners.org<mailto:fpspace_at_friends-partners.org>
My article on the Project Icarus proposal is on-line, a belated celebration of Independence Day:
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/175/1 A really neat illustration of the Icarus Saturn V vehicle is on the second page, courtesy of the National Association of Rocketry and Pete Alway:
http://www.thespacereview.com/article/175/2 Icarus was originally a class project for an MIT engineering class in 1967. The professor gave his class a simple instruction: the asteroid Icarus is going to hit the earth in a short time period; save the planet. They proposed using existing Saturn V rockets and some really big nuclear warheads to deflect the asteroid.
I wrote an earlier version of this for the sadly-departed (and missed) Florida Today Space On-Line website four years ago. In light of the fact that asteroid defense has seen a mini-revival these past few months, I decided it was timely again.
As usual, there is other great stuff on The Space Review website. I point you to their main site:
www.thespacereview.com<http://www.thespacereview.com/>
DDAY
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