WishWeHadStarships t1_itz7d7p wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:52 AM

Reply to comment by 12edDawn in Deflecting asteroids is not enough — we need to know when they approach by burtzev

I love space and check out my USN I just think we have different priorities. What use is a space ship or anti asteroid technology if we are all dead which is guaranteed to happen in a 100 years vs a 0.00000000000x % chance of actually being alive during an asteroid impact.

Y’all trolling.

WishWeHadStarships t1_itp636p wrote on October 25, 2022 at 8:23 AM

Reply to Deflecting asteroids is not enough — we need to know when they approach by burtzev

An asteroid is not our problem. The probability of us wiping ourself out and all animal life on earth alongside/before us is much higher than an asteroid affecting our lives.

I’m not saying it’s impossible, earth historically has been hit by many asteroids. But given that we are in our last 100 years, I think we should have different priorities.

Space travel as EPIC as it and its R&D may be, should be halted alongside many other currently useless economic activities. We should be saving our plannet, guarantee life for the next hundreds of generations and maybe then, turn to exploring around us and watching for asteroids.