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Should We Really Be Messing with Asteroid Orbits? (nautil.us)
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[–] A_A@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

i for one say we should mess with any asteroids that are on course to mess with us ! Take that you malevolent asteroids 😋 !

... we now have a proof-of-principle that we can deliberately modify the trajectory of objects orbiting the sun, especially the kinds of objects that pose the greatest threats to our species’ civilization if they were to hit us.