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Re:Asteroid Impact on Earth 2032 with Probability 1% and 8Mt... by vasco on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @08:06AM (#42864471)
Get a lot of people to jump at the same time to nudge us into the path.
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Re:Asteroid Impact on Earth 2032 with Probability 1% and 8Mt... by 2-3-7-43-1807 on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @08:09AM (#42864503)
that's a beautiful idea. it will only work if we act together as one human race. this is the moment where we have to put political conflicts aside and commit collective suicide.
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Re:Asteroid Impact on Earth 2032 with Probability 1% and 8Mt... by skykooler on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @08:20AM (#42864583)
This would move the Earth by less than the width of an atom: https://what-if.xkcd.com/8/
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Re:Asteroid Impact on Earth 2032 with Probability 1% and 8Mt... by devsda on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @08:34AM (#42864726)
So, we all have to just skip for a while ?

There's a Sci-Fi Plot in there somewhere:

A hero tries to and succeeds in persuading govts to organize a planet scale skipping effort to get earth closer to a passing by rock and escape an impending disaster on earth.

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Re:Asteroid Impact on Earth 2032 with Probability 1% and 8Mt... by vardump on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @08:37AM (#42864748)
GP didn’t specify Earth.
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Re:Asteroid Impact on Earth 2032 with Probability 1% and 8Mt... by mherrmann on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @08:37AM (#42864752)
God I love HN.
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