NASA's DART mission showed that if we detect a dangerous asteroid headed toward Earth, knocking it off course with a spacecraft is a potential option.
  • @[email protected]
    1•8 months ago

    The one that’s a hundred meters across, sure.

    The one that’s the size of Texas, not so much.

    • threelonmusketeersEnglish
      1•8 months ago

      We can easily track the big ones though, and none of them are on a collision course with Earth in the near future.