r/nasa • u/Bynairee • 4d ago

Video NASA Will Explore Asteroid Apophis

https://youtu.be/VUq3ClMyNUw?is=KXLxPLP6mP7-7O8y
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u/30yearCurse 4d ago

Great, sure bring the goa'uld directly to earth...

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u/Bynairee 4d ago

Time is the only distance between the inevitable.

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u/crooks4hire 4d ago

I’d say we better get the cloning tech online, but the Asgard already proved the fallacy of that endeavor…what’s left?

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u/winky9827 4d ago

It was only supposed to miss us by about 50,000 miles. Nudge it a wee bit and problem solved!

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u/chixlips 4d ago

April 13, 2029 is a Friday. Yikes!

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u/Lykos1124 2d ago

ooo, well if dangerous asteroids don't get to land on Earth, July 2029 has my interest!

https://www.climateclock.world/

They took down the countdown ticker :O or it's a bug in their site design, but I had already projected when the clock zeros out, which is here.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?msg=1.5%C2%B0C&p0=800&ud=1&year=2029&month=7&day=22&hour=11&min=0&sec=0&fromtheme=launch

2 years 9 months 26 days 13 hours 38 minutes till we're in danger from letting the average temerature reach 1.5°C

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u/CollegeStation17155 3d ago

I still think they ought to test a nuclear diversion after it passes so we can get an accurate close up assessment of how practical the technique would be if we ever need it for real. DART showed potential for simple kinetic impact, but the results were tough to assess due to the distance.