Does a rack scare an incoming rock?

[Glenn E. Meyer]

So what is this about - space shotguns!

http://www.blastr.com/2015-9-17/nasa-wants-learn-more-about-asteroids-shooting-them-space-shotguns

If you rack a shotgun in space, no alien will hear it - so how can it scare them or an incoming asteroid from Earth?

[Chance]

In space, no one can hear Mom's Demand Action screaming about the children.

I have a friend at Johnson Space Center, and my understanding is the asteroid capture thing isn't held in high regard.

[BehindBlueI's]

The video shows it firing one pellet. What makes it a shotgun?

A miss is going to travel indefinitely until it hits something. 178,000 years from now we may accidentally declare war on the lizard people. Or something. Whatever it is, I'm scared.

[HCM]

So what is this about - space shotguns!



If you rack a shotgun in space, no alien will hear it - so how can it scare them or an incoming asteroid from Earth?

Already addressed in Science Fiction- The Gun Without a Bang by Robert Sheckley,

http://ia800301.us.archive.org/15/items/Mindwebs_230/Mindwebs-820804__TheGunWithoutABang.mp3

http://www.sffaudio.com/mindwebs-the-gun-without-a-bang-by-robert-sheckley/

[Bigguy]

In space, no one can hear Mom's Demand Action screaming about the children.
http://www.guywheatley.com/gifs/twoguyslaugh.gif

[MGW]

Holy skeet shooting. Figuring out the correct lead on an asteroid would take some serious math.


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[pablo]

Well I think the Danes have come up with a suitable buckshot round for the space shotgun.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=1e7_1442785082