threelonmusketeers to [email protected]English • 1 month agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1197arrow-down1external-linkDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers to [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square91fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarethreelonmusketeersOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 month ago Florida You jest, but the Kennedy Space Center is in Florida. Putting the world’s busiest spaceport out of commission might put a damper on future asteroid deflection missions…
minus-square@gruelinkEnglish2•edit-21 month agoEh, they can launch from Vandenburg if it’s that important. (Or, ya know, Guiana or Baikonur or whatever.)
You jest, but the Kennedy Space Center is in Florida. Putting the world’s busiest spaceport out of commission might put a damper on future asteroid deflection missions…
Eh, they can launch from Vandenburg if it’s that important. (Or, ya know, Guiana or Baikonur or whatever.)
Assuming any foreign space agency will work with NASA now…