threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down15
arrow-up1197arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down3·edit-21 month 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-squareJack Hughman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoNuke the far side of the moon and plunge it into earth. Give the asteroid inadequacy issues.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoWouldn’t detonating on the forward side rather than the zenith side be most effective at lowering the perigee of the moon?
minus-squareJack Hughman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoall i remember from my ksp days is add more struts
minus-squareKrik@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month ago all i remember from my ksp days is add more struts boosters Fixed it for you.
minus-squareJack Hughman@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoAlas, without the struts, the boosters shall return unto The Lord, leaving thine kerbalnauts Kerbinbound.
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoYou think humanity would be in this spot if the average person had a fucking clue whatsoever?
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoTell me you’ve never played Kerbal Space Program without telling me you’ve never played Kerbal Space Program.
minus-squareMiles O'Brien@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoProject Sundial can still make a comeback.
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.
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
Fixed it for you.
Alas, without the struts, the boosters shall return unto The Lord, leaving thine kerbalnauts Kerbinbound.
You think humanity would be in this spot if the average person had a fucking clue whatsoever?
Tell me you’ve never played Kerbal Space Program without telling me you’ve never played Kerbal Space Program.
Project Sundial can still make a comeback.