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This was a bit more than a hundred years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event I'd say that such an ev
by samatman 2y ago
This was a bit more than a hundred years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event
I'd say that such an event happening over a populated region of the Earth would be pretty bad. It's worth a bit of investment.
Here's what would happen if Tunguska happened over Paris, using a mid-range estimate of its magnitude: https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&kt=30000&lat=48.8583&lng=2.2945&hob_psi=5&hob_ft=31834&casualties=1&psi=20,5,1&zm=2 https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&kt=30000&lat=48.8583&ln...
- jonathankoren 2y agoWorth the investment of an extraplanetary colony? Because that’s the investment we’re talking about.