. Schweickart has emphasized that the technology needed to divert an asteroid exists today.
Artist’s impression of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft speeding toward the smaller of the two bodies in the Didymos asteroid system. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins UniversitWhile a “planet killer” event is quite rare, of order once per 100 million years, it is likely a matter of when, not if.
“This is similar in energy to the KT extinction event that killed the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago. Such an event, if not mitigated, would be an existential threat to humanity,” they said. “We show that mitigation is conceivable using existing technology, even with the short time scale of 6 months warning, but that the efficient coupling of the NED energy is critical.
“What do you do now?” they asked. “You are going to need some die hard to get you out of this one. A couple of options: a) party, b) move to Mars or the Moon to party, c) do what they did in Chicken Run during take-off.”
Nancy_A Yeah I remember the guy in the film saying this would work too! I'm not gonna spoil the end but his judgement turned out to be questionable. 😅🔥
Nancy_A We have the technology to convince people to spend 💰 on the ~ potential of a comet impact? Sounds 😈. I like it 😃.
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