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Those error bars shrink based on the number of observations you're able to make of the asteroid. Once we get to the point of committing to a redirect mission we
by throwaway4aday 4y ago
Those error bars shrink based on the number of observations you're able to make of the asteroid. Once we get to the point of committing to a redirect mission we would have made sufficient observations to know exactly what the asteroid's trajectory is. After that it's just math.