threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down16
arrow-up1204arrow-down1external-linkDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square91linkfedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-21 year 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-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoEh, they can launch from Vandenburg if it’s that important. (Or, ya know, Guiana or Baikonur or whatever.)
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAssuming any foreign space agency will work with NASA now…
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…