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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26226120
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17887604
"Children have been shot in other conflicts I have covered. But never before have I watched as soldiers enticed children like mice into a trap and murdered them for sport."
- Christopher Hedges American journalist on assignment in Gaza
Yeah but they keep reducing the chance to hit so with jt starting off at 3% it just is not happening.
DART has shown us, that we can deflect asterids a bit. If we time it right, maybe we can get a successful hit on the next encounter.
Last I heard, it had increased from ~1% to like 2.4/2.5%?
Never discount a 3% chance, lots of things happen every day with those odds.
It's been revised to 0.001%
https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Planetary_Defence/Asteroid_2024_YR4_no_longer_poses_significant_impact_risk
We'll see as it gets closer.