Reply to post: Re: And what effect future strikes may have.

Two billion years ago, snowball Earth was defrosted in huge asteroid crash – and it's been downhill ever since

Chris G

Re: And what effect future strikes may have.

"Better to prevent the strike in the first place."

I think the current destructive capabilities od the entire planet need to increase by a few orders of magnitude to deal with an incoming object big enough and energetic enough to punch a 70 Km hole.

Or if deflection is the plan, we'll need a bigger rocket.

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