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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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...

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Eh, they can launch from Vandenburg if it's that important. (Or, ya know, Guiana or Baikonur or whatever.)

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Assuming any foreign space agency will work with NASA now...