Message from @Thinky
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WHA is an incredibly dense material after all
carry one
drop it
Problem is carrying it indeed.
my favorite quote "Impossible is just an opinion"
They were designed to reach terminal velocity before impact
we have no idea the size. take a smaller one
all assumptions
Then it fails to produce adequate effects
need to see the experiment
WHA, while dense, would need to be of a sufficiently large size to produce nuclear fallout on impact.
my other favorite "one test is worth 1000 expert opinions"
For a similar concept on a smaller scale, see LOSAT
ah ok. never heard of it
While effective, it was also not nuclear.
At a certain point...
It is more useful to just use traditional nuclear ordnance
Or fire up a few TRIDENT IIs
Or MMIIIs
On an unrelated note, and if you don't wish to answer feel free to let me know, but you stated that you receive research grants, IIRC, for what purpose is your research for?
no. I was being facetious. that's our challenge. we don't have a circa $20 billion budget like NASA. that's why we can't answer every question. people are doing the best they can with what they have at the moment....
Fair enough.
we have no budget
I'm just impressed to see every day folks trying to do experiments, learning the scientific method...
If you were to receive a budget though, do you suspect that some people would still not believe you regardless of your findings?
Aw that’s sweet... sorta
depends. If we can get some serious funding, we could bring some SMEs on board. hired as consultants. with solid pedigrees
I would start with high altitude balloon expts
lower barrier to entry
Indeed, it may be a loop of sort that as soon as any department receives funding, be it government or not, accusations of conflicts if interest may arise.
Ah, high altitude balloons
I know a thing or two about those, granted that project was never fully greenlit.
we could only hire people already retired from industry/academia
i.e. no risk to career
I'm going to do moon cooling experiments myself one day. that's easy enough. just the timing and weather conditions...
Well the thing about high altitude balloons is that unless you’re in some remote region and it’s unknown until after, you can’t just send up a balloon wantonly
Moon cooling?
have heard this for awhile. want to test myself.
that moonlight cools objects
You need permission from air traffic control, sometimes gov’t