threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 12 hours agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down11
arrow-up1109arrow-down1external-linkDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squarevgalinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-27 hours agoCan we launch a satellite at it, perhaps detonate a huge nuke on it to make that chance higher? Wait, we could just detonate all those huge nukes here right now. Show that stupid asteroid.
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoProject Sundial can still make a comeback.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni 🇺🇸@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoNuke the far side of the moon and plunge it into earth. Give the asteroid inadequacy issues.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 hour agoWouldn’t detonating on the forward side rather than the zenith side be most effective at lowering the perigee of the moon?
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni 🇺🇸@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 hour agoall i remember from my ksp days is add more struts
Can we launch a satellite at it, perhaps detonate a huge nuke on it to make that chance higher?
Wait, we could just detonate all those huge nukes here right now. Show that stupid asteroid.
Project Sundial can still make a comeback.
Nuke the far side of the moon and plunge it into earth. Give the asteroid inadequacy issues.
Wouldn’t detonating on the forward side rather than the zenith side be most effective at lowering the perigee of the moon?
all i remember from my ksp days is add more struts