It's only 6' in diameter, and has a 0.41% chance of hitting the Earth.
Apophis, OTOH, is 1100' in diameter, but will definitely miss Earth in 2029, but will return in 2037, and might hit us dead-center (if it passes thru a "keyhole" in space in 2029).
The smart thing to do is
Apophis, OTOH, is 1100' in diameter, but will definitely miss Earth in 2029, but will return in 2037, and might hit us dead-center (if it passes thru a "keyhole" in space in 2029).
The smart thing to do is
Have an interceptor waiting in that keyhole to change its course by just enough to ensure that it misses us completely in 2037.
If we wait until it passes thru the keyhole in 2029 to get serious about it, there won't be enough time to stop it from hitting us in 2037.
@elonmusk
If we wait until it passes thru the keyhole in 2029 to get serious about it, there won't be enough time to stop it from hitting us in 2037.
@elonmusk
But maybe the inventors of the "Protest Vote" will figure something out that us Boomers won't be around for, and they'll just all have podcasts blaming us for it.
(FTR - I was the #2 architect of SDI, and I know how to STOP it. But who cares what I think?)
Three of my projects:
(FTR - I was the #2 architect of SDI, and I know how to STOP it. But who cares what I think?)
Three of my projects:
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