The Register forum: Scientists demonstrate X-rays as a way to zap asteroids out of Earth's path

tag:theregister.com,2005:feed/forum/theregister.com/2024/09/24/asteroid_zapping_x_ray_pulse/ The Register forum: Scientists demonstrate X-rays as a way to zap asteroids out of Earth's path 2024-09-27T05:33:47Z Copyright © 2025, Situation Publishing Ltd. Team Register (and a cast of thousands of forum denizens) [email protected] https://www.theregister.com/odds/about/contact/ https://www.theregister.com/Design/graphics/icons/favicon.png https://www.theregister.com/Design/graphics/Reg_default/The_Register_r.png tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4938236 2024-09-27T05:33:47Z IIRC the last people who really looked at this.... John Smith 19 https://forums.theregister.com/user/31804/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4938206 2024-09-27T02:30:52Z Re: 12-millimeter-wide dummy asteroids Spherical Cow https://forums.theregister.com/user/90161/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4938021 2024-09-26T17:57:13Z Re: I though this was a solved problem Paul Herber https://forums.theregister.com/user/72910/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4938015 2024-09-26T17:49:27Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* Paul Herber https://forums.theregister.com/user/72910/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4937546 2024-09-26T06:50:11Z Re: Wrong approach... MachDiamond https://forums.theregister.com/user/59614/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4937524 2024-09-26T06:20:55Z No Title Claptrap314 https://forums.theregister.com/user/73650/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4937361 2024-09-25T20:54:29Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* claimed https://forums.theregister.com/user/97421/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4937215 2024-09-25T16:28:42Z No Title StudeJeff https://forums.theregister.com/user/73490/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936928 2024-09-25T13:14:08Z No Title Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4937009 2024-09-25T11:45:51Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* Toni the terrible https://forums.theregister.com/user/83453/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936914 2024-09-25T09:29:05Z Wrong approach... Frank Bitterlich https://forums.theregister.com/user/12456/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936849 2024-09-25T08:09:23Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* Roj Blake https://forums.theregister.com/user/66006/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936720 2024-09-25T00:09:14Z Problem number one MachDiamond https://forums.theregister.com/user/59614/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936692 2024-09-24T22:30:11Z Don't worry..... IGotOut https://forums.theregister.com/user/92949/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936688 2024-09-24T22:16:43Z Re: 12-millimeter-wide dummy asteroids Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936654 2024-09-24T20:39:07Z Re: Doesn't scale MrReynolds2U https://forums.theregister.com/user/88308/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936644 2024-09-24T20:21:27Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* Androgynous Cupboard https://forums.theregister.com/user/56893/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936605 2024-09-24T18:39:01Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* Version 1.0 https://forums.theregister.com/user/32718/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936591 2024-09-24T17:57:41Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* Version 1.0 https://forums.theregister.com/user/32718/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936585 2024-09-24T17:42:56Z Shucks.... Plest https://forums.theregister.com/user/94922/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936569 2024-09-24T17:19:58Z Twelve millimeter asteroid jokes ... JRStern https://forums.theregister.com/user/84254/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936566 2024-09-24T17:14:13Z Loads of power bernmeister https://forums.theregister.com/user/71577/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936550 2024-09-24T16:30:14Z Re: I though this was a solved problem bernmeister https://forums.theregister.com/user/71577/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936503 2024-09-24T15:08:04Z No Title IvyKing https://forums.theregister.com/user/33520/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936473 2024-09-24T14:25:51Z No Title Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936470 2024-09-24T14:22:38Z No Title Potts https://forums.theregister.com/user/32721/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936430 2024-09-24T13:20:48Z No Title Irongut https://forums.theregister.com/user/55801/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936429 2024-09-24T13:19:47Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* Irongut https://forums.theregister.com/user/55801/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936403 2024-09-24T12:44:05Z As always... Dostoevsky https://forums.theregister.com/user/102959/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936393 2024-09-24T12:27:01Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* claimed https://forums.theregister.com/user/97421/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936388 2024-09-24T12:19:14Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* DJO https://forums.theregister.com/user/53577/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936377 2024-09-24T12:10:03Z Never mind the asteroids. Yorick Hunt https://forums.theregister.com/user/100990/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936365 2024-09-24T11:56:29Z Doesn't scale TDog https://forums.theregister.com/user/65328/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936359 2024-09-24T11:51:00Z No Title Brewster's Angle Grinder https://forums.theregister.com/user/50892/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936352 2024-09-24T11:39:21Z Re: I though this was a solved problem Paul Herber https://forums.theregister.com/user/72910/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936349 2024-09-24T11:37:24Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* Paul Herber https://forums.theregister.com/user/72910/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936341 2024-09-24T11:35:11Z No Title Anonymous Coward tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936345 2024-09-24T11:31:35Z Re: 12-millimeter-wide dummy asteroids Paul Herber https://forums.theregister.com/user/72910/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936330 2024-09-24T11:12:31Z Re: I though this was a solved problem Roj Blake https://forums.theregister.com/user/66006/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936325 2024-09-24T11:07:21Z Re: 'Nuke them all'* Version 1.0 https://forums.theregister.com/user/32718/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936305 2024-09-24T10:43:06Z Low level efforts to identify killer asteroids have worked quite well.. John Smith 19 https://forums.theregister.com/user/31804/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936303 2024-09-24T10:39:15Z I though this was a solved problem I ain't Spartacus https://forums.theregister.com/user/32560/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936300 2024-09-24T10:28:06Z No Title Doctor Syntax https://forums.theregister.com/user/70687/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936299 2024-09-24T10:28:04Z No Title m4r35n357 https://forums.theregister.com/user/60048/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936275 2024-09-24T10:00:04Z 'Nuke them all'* Eclectic Man https://forums.theregister.com/user/43191/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936272 2024-09-24T09:57:42Z 14 years' notice Mishak https://forums.theregister.com/user/97969/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936269 2024-09-24T09:55:46Z 12-millimeter-wide dummy asteroids Neil Barnes https://forums.theregister.com/user/2227/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936268 2024-09-24T09:52:53Z No Title KittenHuffer https://forums.theregister.com/user/91445/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936266 2024-09-24T09:50:24Z No Title Filippo https://forums.theregister.com/user/13185/ tag:theregister.com,2005:post/4936262 2024-09-24T09:47:05Z No Title Inventor of the Marmite Laser https://forums.theregister.com/user/51470/