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Yeah that's a real problem, or several. Not even sure which would be the hardest to solve... Am I wrong to wonder if a nuke would even do it either? I mean it'

Yeah that's a real problem, or several. Not even sure which would be the hardest to solve... Am I wrong to wonder if a nuke would even do it either? I mean it's a ~solid rock that's capaple of surviving a pretty good beating from the atmosphere. What's a nuke going to do exactly? Are we hoping for redirection, or destruction or?

cuspycode 5y ago
As I understand it, redirection is our best hope. Destruction via nukes would only work for comparatively small rocks. There is a fairly comprehensive write-up of the various options on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance
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