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[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Do we have ways/plans to prevent the potential hit or is it a "we will see" thing?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There are several plans to avoid it, but it depends of several factors. We can avoid an impact if we know the exact position several Years before the supposed impact, if not, there is nothing we can do.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Childhood fear suddenly resurfaced.

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 3 points 6 months ago

Watch Don't Look Up. It's about an asteroid heading for earth in our current political climate