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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense

www.theregister.com

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NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense

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boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Earthly politics and mission planning no match for fast-moving rocky orb
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    you really think ONE android could wipe out life as we know it?

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      Now, if we were talking about one Nokia…

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      “According to The Atlantic, an asteroid that weighs more than 1.7 quadrillion metric tons could sterilize Earth by raising the temperature of its water above 100°C. This asteroid would be 10–1,000 times heavier than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs and would be between 60–96 kilometers (37–60 miles) wide.”

      The Atlantic article itself is paywalled, but yes, and it’s entirely dependent on the mass of said Asteroid.

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        i’m not worried because an android that heavy couldn’t even stand up

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          Id imagine it doesn’t have to really move fast, just has to sit in the right spot and wait for our orbit around the sun to smash us into it?

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      🤣 just visualizing the United Nations Assembly talking turns curb stomping some poor android.

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      Well, if you allow CELL to gobble up that one android…

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      I know one that definitely can.

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      Yeah, I mean it’d at least need to be two androids, right? I’ve seen terminator.

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