GalacticBattler
[science] Good news guys
GalacticBattler
If we discover an asteroid on trajectory to hit the earth we CAN send a spaceship to it to throw it off course
GalacticBattler
That's one less thing that might destroy civilization
Blighty
it would be extremely funny if this test run accidentally knocked it straight into a path of colliding with earth
GalacticBattler
It would be
GalacticBattler
"So we have good news and bad news"
Vehrec
thats why we targeted Diddy-moon
Vehrec
it's an asteroid that's a moon of a larger asteroid
Vehrec
we can't knock it onto a collision course with earth because it's already trapped in orbit of it's parrent
Blighty
not if we knock it so hard that it escapes the gravity!!!
Blighty
(i'm not theorizing on feasibility i'm just saying it would be hilarious)
GalacticBattler
"We hit the asteroid and successfully changed it's trajectory"
GalacticBattler
"However, shortly after, the asteroid came to stop and then started accelerating towards Earth"
GalacticBattler
"NASA photographers produced the following image:"
GalacticBattler
Echo
Leading astronomers have been quoted as saying "Honestly, fair."
GalacticBattler
Didymos: "WHO THREW THAT?"