Can Humanity Stop A Planet-Killing Asteroid?

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• EvilFonzy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We can’t even stop ourselves.

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nope

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Honestly? I kind of hope not

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• Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If our priorities as a species were different then probably

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• rigatti@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah we just need some oil rig guys and like two months of training. Also a space machine gun for some reason? And some animal crackers, of course.

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• kalkulat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a high probability that a 100m asteroid has already been spotted ahead of time. What could we do about it? Not much.

  OTOH, there haven’t been any such strikes in -recorded- history. We can rest assured that, for the living, the odds of not experiencing one are very good. Also, the Earth is 3/4 water, that’s where they’re likely to strike. People on the shores nearby would be in the most danger… but with warning time.

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  • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    40% of the world’s population lives in coastal area. Tsunamis are devastating as well so I’m not certain that a giant asteroid falling in the water would be less deadly.

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