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[-] OneTwoThree@mander.xyz 24 points 1 day ago

Outside of extremely extenuating circumstances, this isn't a worry. We already have proof-of-concept tech like DART to divert asteroids, aerospace engineers can use this to get governments to fund them even better, asteroid goes behind the sun for 3 years, asteroid diverting technology advances even further, in 2028 when the path of travel becomes more precise the chance of hitting us gets revised down to zero, and we've advanced our technology should anything more serious come our way in the future

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

yeah, we really don't have to worry.

With the DART mission tech, we can get our hit chances into the 90 percents

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago

Gotta pump those numbers up

Backup is that we have a team of deep sea oil drillers go up there

[-] g0d0fm15ch13f@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Why are we trying our best idea second?

[-] SciencesPoulet@piaille.fr 6 points 1 day ago

@OneTwoThree @fossilesque actually we want this asteroid to hit Earth. Remove one threat from the sky. Divert to hit in a safe place. This one is safe if it hit in a remote location.

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