of the smaller asteroid. and this will prove, or disprove, the hypothesis that the so-called connect the impact energy impact could deflect nash trade and the future and, dare i say, save the world. >> well you and i are of an era where we had some great science fiction shows and books. and in, those they would've just blasted any asteroid to threaten earth to smithereens. we apparently don't have that technology? >> no. and there's a few problems with that. you would have to get a large, let's say, nuclear weapon. on top of a rocket and cheated into space. all your allies and adversaries would have to trust you doing that. and then it would have to work. that the idea would be to get near enough to not joyce, set off an explosion with the heat, volatilize are very vaporize or burn offs some of the estrogen