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Asteroid TC4 will pass us by on October 12 at an estimated distance of 31,000 miles—that’s an eighth of the distance between our planet and the moon, so just a whisker in astronomical terms. About 50 feet wide, the asteroid poses absolutely no threat to Earth. But it presents NASA with an opportunity to practice for a real-life impact event.
originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: ElGoobero
On topic. I looked through the article and I can't find any info on the type of weapon the defense system uses. Do you have any info?
originally posted by: justwokeup
originally posted by: Wide-Eyes
a reply to: ElGoobero
On topic. I looked through the article and I can't find any info on the type of weapon the defense system uses. Do you have any info?
That's because there isn't one. They work out with certainty where it's going to hit so evacuation planning can start. That's the plan.
All the plans for the big ones involve seeing them early getting out to them early (with deep space craft we don't have) and nudging them.
Sooner or later our number is up and we are done, we probably deserve it.
originally posted by Bluntone 22 Forgive me if I have little faith in an organization that has to pay the Russians for rides into space.
originally posted by: StallionDuck
a reply to: ElGoobero
Mess with nature, you get the butterfly effect.
It's a cool idea but I'd hate to see some kind of irony come out of this.
originally posted by: Illiberation
a reply to: ElGoobero
Space Exploration is a dying business the people are realizing the fasaud they're not really benefiting society or humanity at all.