tbessie
Demonic Monstrosity
Saw this mentioned in a news article today, about the DART asteroid redirection project, and a new Twitter account someone created...
Astronomical Buffy reference - "DART The Asteroid Slayer"
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Given how often these things get screwed up, I hope we don't get an ironic disaster.
Thankfully, my view that our entire species (past, present, and future) are insignificant on a cosmic scale helps me feel better, like our rocket was no more than a gnat to it (and possibly meant as a publicity stunt and/or distraction, and if it leads to something that can actually work later, then so much the better)...at least until a large asteroid actually is on a collision course for us, at which point I will accept our doom.
Thankfully, my view that our entire species (past, present, and future) are insignificant on a cosmic scale helps me feel better, like our rocket was no more than a gnat to it (and possibly meant as a publicity stunt and/or distraction, and if it leads to something that can actually work later, then so much the better)...at least until a large asteroid actually is on a collision course for us, at which point I will accept our doom.
Wow here I was all excited that we had an asteroid deflection/elimination protocol, and now I’m just thinking of “DART the Human Slayer”. Thanks! 😂