https://www.sciencenews.org/article/robin-andrews-kill-asteroid-review
The dinosaurs saw a grisly death at the hands of an asteroid, but who’s to say that Earth’s modern-day inhabitants won’t meet the same fate? Fortunately, scientists are already hard at work to prevent that future. How to Kill an Asteroid by science journalist Robin George Andrews is a deep dive into the extremely badass business of thwarting a destructive asteroid.
The book’s title is a slight misnomer. As Andrews explains, the best strategy to save the planet from an impending asteroid is not to blow it up in space — though that’s a reasonable last-ditch option — but instead to deflect it while it’s still far beyond Earth’s neighborhood. The physics of diversion is tricky: Which spacefaring rocks are harmless and which ones are a real threat? Will scientists be able to detect and intercept one in time? And if we manage to deflect it, will the rock fragment into a gazillion deadly bullets bound for Earth?
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Easy. Stop believing an asteroid might hit the earth.
lol do you want humanity to end up like the dinosaurs?
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Your shit won't work with me grandpa! I've already told you
Darthcoin seems very angry to me. I do my best to show him some love. What's an ass milker?
if you want to show me love, downzap these assmilkers and stop giving them attention.
You have been fooled.
Makes sense. I can be quite the fool at times. What are you so angry about?
I hate assmilkers, shitcoiners, fiat maxis, idiots and statists.
If one of them will piss me off, they will see my wrath...
He's angry on me because I don't pay heed to his guids and agree to him like others do here
And he wants to brain wash others into thinking that I'm assmilker and scammer.
So you did not read my posts at all. Interesting.
Not really. I've seen enough to know what your about.
your loss then. Go on, play with assmilkers... then you will remember my words: if you play with shit... you smell like shit.
He already loves me a lot!
Obviously. He spends a lot of energy on you, huh?
I'm not worried about it. Fear is the only thing to fear. Death is an illusion. Space isn't real. History is a story. NASA is a scam. Dinosaurs aren't real. It's all an illusion. Of course, this is just all my perspective. Could be wrong. Maybe an asteroid will come kill us all. Either way, I will keep putting one foot in front of the other.
It takes courage to share such unique views and question the conventional narratives many take for granted. I really admire your openness
I really appreciate you saying that. I am seeking a balance between letting things go, and voicing my views. It's tricky when your view is different than others. This means a lot to me that you didn't just shut me down and tell me I am stupid. I know I may be "wrong". It's a struggle finding people to listen to my theories on things.
That really means a lot to hear. I know how hard it can be to share your views when they’re different from most people’s. Honestly it’s brave of you to keep putting yourself out there like that.
You’re not stupid or wrong for thinking differently it’s just part of figuring things out. I think it’s cool that you’re open to sharing your thoughts, even if not everyone gets it. Keep going
Assmilker
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Your shit won't work with me grandpa! I've already told you
Thank you. I look forward to more open discord like this. There are a lot of ways to view reality. And I don't think any one perspective is correct. We all learn from each other. I used to be very logical and science minded. Everything is different for me now. I had to leave my whole world behind to be somebody that isn't so easy to be. So this kind of interaction fills my heart.
A few years ago NASA landed on an asteroid, so I believe we have the technology to do so. What would complicate the situation is the size of the asteroid and how long we would have to prepare. Scientists have already mapped possible asteroids that could collide with Earth in the future, but if you prepare properly, that's another problem.
You're absolutely right! NASA’s DART mission proved we have the technology to change an asteroid’s course which is surely a huge step. The tricky part is size and timing big asteroids or last-minute discoveries make things much harder. But with early detection, like mapping potential threats, we have a much better chance to prepare and act.
Good Job in the comments!
@DesertDave is much superior a stacker you should follow. I'd suggest you just mute any bully. I've done it a few day ago. It feels good not to listen someone who just comes here and spreads hatred.
Exactly! Hats off to @DesertDave for showing he has the courage to share his opinions openly.
I really don't care about him anymore—what he does or doesn’t do! Seriously, I don’t know what he thinks of others, but it’s clear that, according to him, everyone here is a retard who doesn’t know how to spend their sats. I’ve never paid attention to him, but the day he tried to demean and associate me with the scammer Cowboy (See the post from ek -#786630) it really got me angry. He tries to show my posts and comments in such a way that people might actually believe I’m a scammer.
It’s not even been a month since I joined here, and I’m still learning how to post, comment, and engage with people. Let me tell you why he’s angry with me: at first, I wasn’t posting anything, only commenting here.During one discussion about wallets, he got angry because I use Muun Wallet (though I use lots of other wallets too). I told him to mind his own business, but since that day, he hasn’t stopped bothering me. I mean, if things are working for me, why should I care about his opinions? Who is he? Nothing but an idiot troll.
He had been consistently attacking me ever since I joined SN. I had been pardoning him until a few days ago when he and one of his asskisser accused me of having two accounts (which in fact everyone knows), I muted both of those fools straightaway.
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When I was new and trying to make my place on SN, I humbly asked stackers for suggestions and they gave a few but the best one among them I think is...
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you too are a shitcoiner and assmilker
Who are you to decide what they are? Who are you?
And as expected you zapped yourself in 40 Sec... lol and now you'll reply
I am your nightmare
This is what Anonymity does to people when they get it. They'll show their worst side.
Ask yourself who are you to tell others what they need to do? Who are you?
Just ignore him. All he wants is that he remains relevant which he's not.
If you don't mute him straightaway, you're being manipulated for what he wants.
As I said mute him and do what you want. He's nothing more than an attention seeker.
Look who's talking... the master of puppets and king of assmilkers
Got it. done!!
I've asked him
He can't accept that he's also a user only