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"the flash of explosive light would have been faintly visible to people on Earth with their naked eye" That makes it sound like one of the reasons for cancelli
by arethuza 3y ago
"the flash of explosive light would have been faintly visible to people on Earth with their naked eye"
That makes it sound like one of the reasons for cancelling it would have been that it really wouldn't have been that impressive.
- eszed 3y agoIf you picked the right spot at the right time of the month, could you get a mushroom cloud in "profile"? That would look pretty cool, though maybe still not large enough to see with the naked eye. I don't have a good intuition of the scales involved. [Edit: Or, wait: a mushroom cloud depends on atmosphere, doesn't it? So... What would a blast-created cloud of dust look like in a vacuum? Just a cloud? Yeah, not so impressive a visual.]