Allah@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 6 days agoIs it possible to launch a nuke at Apophis asteroid, when it is visiting earth, in such a way that it directs the asteroid towards earth?message-squaremessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down13
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible to launch a nuke at Apophis asteroid, when it is visiting earth, in such a way that it directs the asteroid towards earth?Allah@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareMachineFab812linkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoThe hard part is launching a nuke without setting off nuclear armageddon when all of the nuke-holding countries panic and launch theirs, so uh … why bother with the asteroid part?
The hard part is launching a nuke without setting off nuclear armageddon when all of the nuke-holding countries panic and launch theirs, so uh … why bother with the asteroid part?