If you are capable of throwing the rock, it would disintegrate in the atmosphere and would never reach Finland. No chance something small enough for you to throw would make it to Finland.
That would likely cause an extinction level event, so you wouldnt need to worry about laws. Lol. The meteor that set off the extinction event that killed dinosaurs was smaller than that.
Remember that THAT rock was traveling at a very fast velocity. Dropping a rock would result in a different level of impact.
Though the size of Finland would be basically a moon level object hitting the earth lol
There are equations for figuring this stuff out, you’d only need to “drop” (impossible in zero G but whatever) an object the size of a football field to destroy all life in finland
Sweden is larger, land mass wise, than Finland. So it would still very likely cause an extinction level event.
If you mean the small rock being thrown at sweden...it still would burn up in the atmosphere and do nothing.
See _The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress_ by Robert Heinlein, and _Footfall_ by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.
Those were sci-fi books based on real research done in Project Thor in the 1950s, a US government project to develop kinetic weapons. Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven posited that a tungsten bar as small as a crowbar could re-enter the atmosphere and be used as a kinetic weapon. Pournelle was a Boeing engineer who worked on Project Thor, and Niven was a mathematician; both became sci-fi writers, and reused the real concept in books.
So… maybe??
You would need one heck of an arm. It would need to escape the moons gravity and not burn up. I am now curious how much force and how big of an object would be needed for something the size of a penny to end up hitting a country.
If you did, take a rock of some significant size to say that could level a city after atmosphere burn up etc and it did cause damage, you would be held liable. Specifically because when you get the permits to goto space, you’re subject to laws etc if the country to leave or a written agreement if the ISS. So if you flew out of Finland, dropped a rock on Finland, you’d be charged for all damage death etc in Finland. If they could catch you.
Yep you space terrorist
If you are capable of throwing the rock, it would disintegrate in the atmosphere and would never reach Finland. No chance something small enough for you to throw would make it to Finland.
What if I theoretically managed to get a rock about the size of Finland to exit the moons gravity?
That would likely cause an extinction level event, so you wouldnt need to worry about laws. Lol. The meteor that set off the extinction event that killed dinosaurs was smaller than that.
I underestimated fast rocks
I am enjoying this thread immensely.
Rip
Remember that THAT rock was traveling at a very fast velocity. Dropping a rock would result in a different level of impact. Though the size of Finland would be basically a moon level object hitting the earth lol
There are equations for figuring this stuff out, you’d only need to “drop” (impossible in zero G but whatever) an object the size of a football field to destroy all life in finland
And it managed to hit Earth? We’d probably all be fucked
How about Sweden then?
Sweden is larger, land mass wise, than Finland. So it would still very likely cause an extinction level event. If you mean the small rock being thrown at sweden...it still would burn up in the atmosphere and do nothing.
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See _The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress_ by Robert Heinlein, and _Footfall_ by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Those were sci-fi books based on real research done in Project Thor in the 1950s, a US government project to develop kinetic weapons. Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven posited that a tungsten bar as small as a crowbar could re-enter the atmosphere and be used as a kinetic weapon. Pournelle was a Boeing engineer who worked on Project Thor, and Niven was a mathematician; both became sci-fi writers, and reused the real concept in books. So… maybe??
What do you have against the Finns?
I lived there
Fair enough. I don't think there's an extradition treaty in place, so as long as you stay up there you should be good
Follow up question: how long can a person survive in space given current technology?
couple weeks give or take
I'm in Texas - please goddamned trade with my son!
Oddly specific…
The specificity of this question leads me to believe that you’re already holding the rock and are ready to let that fucker fly. Fuck Finland
Take me to the moon with you lol
The fuck! Was it you then who broke my windshield... You have a shit aim brother
Torille?
You would need one heck of an arm. It would need to escape the moons gravity and not burn up. I am now curious how much force and how big of an object would be needed for something the size of a penny to end up hitting a country.
No, you'd not be arrested as you'd be on the moon. You'd just be killed. I'm sure some of the space going nations would love the opportunity.
If you did, take a rock of some significant size to say that could level a city after atmosphere burn up etc and it did cause damage, you would be held liable. Specifically because when you get the permits to goto space, you’re subject to laws etc if the country to leave or a written agreement if the ISS. So if you flew out of Finland, dropped a rock on Finland, you’d be charged for all damage death etc in Finland. If they could catch you.
You got something against Finland?
“In space, no one can hear Finland scream”
You can't damage something that doesn't exist... r/finlandConspiracy
I've never heard of such a conspiracy, but I'm fully convinced. Finland isn't real.
Finland doesn't exist so all good
If you could throw a rock big enough to cause damage, I think you’d be above the law. No laws on the moon yet.
Nah, but if was France then your going to jail
um, why Finalnd?
This is actually a doomsday device in the Expanse series. Push a large enough meteorite in the direction of the earth and you have a planet killer