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-squareDarkFuture@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·6 days agoI don’t know, but someone should try. Maybe it would knock us into a less stupid timeline.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoIt would blow apart the asteroid. A lot of then aren’t sold rocks, but loose groups of small rocks and dust held together only by a small amount of gravity because there’s nothing else around.
I don’t know, but someone should try. Maybe it would knock us into a less stupid timeline.
It would blow apart the asteroid.
A lot of then aren’t sold rocks, but loose groups of small rocks and dust held together only by a small amount of gravity because there’s nothing else around.