@misk@lemm.ee to Space@beehaw.org • 2 years agoPlanetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarmnewsroom.ucla.eduexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldspace@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkPlanetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarmnewsroom.ucla.edu@misk@lemm.ee to Space@beehaw.org • 2 years agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldspace@lemmy.worldtechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareRoboRaylinkfedilink9•edit-22 years agoWell, it is still better to get hit with a dozen Hiroshima-nuke-scale impacts than a single dinosaur-killer-scale impact. Statistically, the majority of them should hit ocean anyway.
Well, it is still better to get hit with a dozen Hiroshima-nuke-scale impacts than a single dinosaur-killer-scale impact.
Statistically, the majority of them should hit ocean anyway.