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anticomet t1_ja7m01g wrote

Reply to comment by Zekava in My two year progress shooting Jupiter, using the same $300 telescope! by theillini19

Humans have been shooting at the Earth for centuries, but I fear our technology will only advance enough to kill 90% of life on the planet rather than the ball itself. We have no chance against a gas giant

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smurficus103 t1_ja90hyr wrote

You just need enough explosives set in a straight line around earth and, dont detonate them all at once, but, detonate them such that the shockwave is additive with every subsequent explosive, you'll crack the earth in two

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marcosdumay t1_ja93jat wrote

> you'll crack the earth in two

And watch it almost immediately merge back together.

Or, well, not actually watch it. I guess you will have larger problems to think about.

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Thick_Pressure t1_jacjxls wrote

> Or, well, not actually watch it. I guess you will have larger problems to think about.

That would be a terrifying thing to see from orbit. My guess is that it would look pretty cool if you could get over the existential crisis that it probably just caused you.

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best_of_badgers t1_ja91js4 wrote

The problem is that with enough energy, you’re eventually dealing with liquid and not solid Earth.

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acocknamedPuff t1_ja87gxz wrote

That’s the thing you’re shooting at earth you’re supposed to be shooting into space using earths own mass that’s how you kill a ball

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