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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
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 π€·. After all the end goal is to not go extinct.
Once lifeβs are threatened all of a sudden itβs a fast track to build defenses and bases to protect humanity.
me: not so sure about this anymore π
Yeah. Unfortunately then it will be too late.
It's not like we don't know from evidence that there have been multiple mass extinctions due to asteroids
