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How many scary asteroids really go past Earth every year? (phys.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/space@lemmy.world
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What are the risks, by the numbers? How many asteroids hit Earth and how many can we expect to zip past us?

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

So just a 1 in 20 chance for an undetected asteroid with 1km diameter that could cause global civilization collapse.

This is fine. /s

On a serious note, it will probably take an actual asteroid hitting a city for governments to invest more into asteroid detection and defense

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Unfortunately true. The only way to get humans to collectively want to deal with space is a threat from space. Once life's are threatened all of a sudden it's a fast track to build defenses and bases to protect humanity. Honestly if it means allowing some humans to die to allow humanity to live longer than so be it 🀷. After all the end goal is to not go extinct.

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