NASA's plan to save Earth from a giant asteroid

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Don’t panic.

65 million years ago, a large asteroid collided with Earth near present-day Chicxulub, Mexico. The impact was a climactic event that likely contributed to dinosaur extinction. Today, Earth remains vulnerable to asteroid collisions. In recent history, space rocks have landed in The United States, Russia, and elsewhere. In the event of a potential asteroid collision, NASA has developed several options for dealing with the threat. Researchers at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies and Jet Propulsion Laboratory have proposed using blunt force, weaponized deflection or a theoretical tool called a gravity tractor to deflect impact. In addition to developing contingency plans, NASA scientists are also searching the sky for future asteroid threats.

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On Thursday, July 25, 2019, an asteroid called 2019 OK, traveling at almost 15 miles a second, came unusually close to impacting Earth. The asteroid passed by about 43, 500 miles away — closer to Earth than our moon is.


Vox
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"Just nuke it"

The most human thing I've ever heard

tameronica
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Asteroids are just salty because they couldn’t become planets

spiclas
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If we all point our fans towards it, it'll get blown the other way

FramesOfNick
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We will just cover Earth in paper. It beats rock, remember.

mrloop
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"Because it was small; her injuries were minor.." What? to me it looked like the entire left side of her stomach had been cut open?

vinzent
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Asteroid hits earth
Everyone: Dies
FlatEarthers: Get launched into space

amanueltesfaye
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2020:
*_Write that down, write that down!_*

alexfrank
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Don’t worry this glitch is patched in the new update earth 2.7

sleepingfire
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Build a wall around the earth, top it off with bedrock then cover it with flex seal.

BrotherCam
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when you learn more in a 6 minute video than a entire school day

unknownuser
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Another plan would be to make everyone put a camera towards it and become the cameraman, the cameramen always survives

binkieboy
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If we turn the lights off they will think we are not home so they will go away .
Think people



Edit: wow 60 likes didnt expect that😂

KalfiSatisfying
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I swear if nasa knocks didymoon into earth

chewy
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Nasa: fires dart to deflect ‘diddymoon’ for research

Diddymoon: *deflects towards earth*

*Task failed successfully*

kennooo
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How about we just move earth

Everyone start moving in one direction

snumbayt
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things u watch when ur supposed to be sleeping

kianm
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make a big wall and attach it with flex tape

jstrazt
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i seriously don’t think we appreciate scientists enough for all they do

senpai-kun
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plot twist: DART hits Didymoon and makes it come towards earth.

BeejDoop