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The nova is expanding at 682 miles per second. The shock wave, the physical matter at the edge of the nova, covers the distance between New York and Atlanta in just over a second. Wow.

Well, the obvious solution is to design our secret squirrel spy satellites to shoot back in self defense, no?

"A pint of rocket fuel on the launch pad will save a gallon of blood in the stratosphere." -IDK, maybe Werner von Braun? That's kind of what I like about SpaceX. I try not to be a fanboy, but it's hard not to appreciate a company willing to make take risks and learn from mistakes.

Sounds expensive. 747s are cheap. Probably not going to happen anytime soon.