Asteroid Impact Risks
The cluster focuses on discussions about the dangers of asteroid strikes on Earth, probabilities of impacts, deflection and mitigation strategies like nuclear blasts, and concerns over weaponizing asteroids.
Activity Over Time
Top Contributors
Keywords
Sample Comments
An asteroid strike would make things difficult.
Doesn't this assume the asteroid is dead center targeting earth?
Given your views on asteroid impacts, that seems a bit short sighted.
it is only a matter of time before an asteroid capable of "life altering" damage collides with our planet.
pretty fucked up if it runs into an asteroid or a comet!
can this be weaponised to direct asteroids to a particular place on earth? just asking for a friend.
Unless we fail on earth because of an asteroid impact.
Wouldn't it be at a big risk of being destroyed by a meteorite ?
How realistic it to divert an asteroid of this size?
The lack of an asteroid hitting us in the near future.