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re: How much longer do think humanity/earth survives
Posted on 6/18/16 at 12:01 am to CelticDog
Posted on 6/18/16 at 12:01 am to CelticDog
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asteroid hits earth.
We'll know a long time in advance if it's going to happen, which is a plus (we're already tracking asteroids that have a VERY small chance of hitting us 100 years from now LINK / ). We haven't had to deal with the situation, obviously, but I suspect that we currently have the technology to prevent it from happening. Will be a lot easier/cheaper once we have a space elevator.
The solution that I've seen simply involves sending a really heavy object to intercept with the asteroid and follow it towards Earth. The gravity of the man-made object would be used to draw the asteroid off of it's path.
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Posted on 6/18/16 at 10:44 am to THRILLHO
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asteroid hits earth.
We'll know a long time in advance if it's going to happen, which is a plus (we're already tracking asteroids that have a VERY small chance of hitting us 100 years from now LINK / ).
Not necessarily. We wouldn't be aware of a long period comet on a path to hit earth very far in advance
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