threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 hours agoDon’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down13
arrow-up1145arrow-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 · 18 hours agomessage-square63fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·edit-216 hours 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-down1·edit-212 hours agoEh, they can launch from Vandenburg if it’s that important. (Or, ya know, Guiana or Baikonur or whatever.)
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours 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…