Agent641@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 months agowhat really happened to the Titaniclemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1347
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minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoProject Sundial was 10 gigatons, so, 10,000 Tongas. I’m t was enough to ignite all of metropolitan FRANCE if detonated at an altitude of 45km. The earth would survive, sure, but I’m pretty sure there would be significant global effects.
minus-squareLurkingLuddite@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoWell yea, it killed off the dinosaurs, who survived on the planet tens of thousands of times longer than humans. It was catastrophic. Still not Earth shattering, though.
Project Sundial was 10 gigatons, so, 10,000 Tongas.
I’m t was enough to ignite all of metropolitan FRANCE if detonated at an altitude of 45km.
The earth would survive, sure, but I’m pretty sure there would be significant global effects.
Well yea, it killed off the dinosaurs, who survived on the planet tens of thousands of times longer than humans. It was catastrophic.
Still not Earth shattering, though.