threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1206
arrow-up1206external-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 year agomessage-square90fedilink
minus-squarevga@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-21 year 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-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoNuke the far side of the moon and plunge it into earth. Give the asteroid inadequacy issues.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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-up5·1 year agoall i remember from my ksp days is add more struts
minus-squareKrik@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year ago all i remember from my ksp days is add more struts boosters Fixed it for you.
minus-squareRicky Rigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAlas, without the struts, the boosters shall return unto The Lord, leaving thine kerbalnauts Kerbinbound.
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYou think humanity would be in this spot if the average person had a fucking clue whatsoever?
minus-squareRivalarrival@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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-up4·1 year 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.