"Accelerationism" is the only viable "ism" when the government is designed to be responsive to the needs of the money rather than those of the people and the media is nothing but propaganda for the obscenely wealthy.
There's no way to fix the system from the inside. The only way out is through.
You're not wrong, but something like this is well within the capabilities of private companies like ArianeSpace or SpaceX. Also, the stakes are just a city-killer asteroid, failure is entirely an option when there's plenty of time to evacuate the impact zone.
In short, we already have a plan. DART proved that we can do it, and off-the-shelf rockets like the Falcon 9 have plenty of performance. All that remains is to wait until early 2028 when we get a proper fix on the asteroid, then we've got 7 or 8 months to prep and launch a mission before the window of opportunity closes.
What a liberal, imagining that the capitalist state was ever democratic.
I saw this before, right after 9/11.
Well, yeah. Deflecting an impact that's scheduled 4 years in the future wouldn't take much force and the DART mission proved that it's achievable. We can just do that again in the months between when the asteroid comes back around and when it flies past us.
We'll get a better idea of whether it'll hit or not in 2028 the next time it passes close to earth, which will give us plenty of time to respond before it might hit in 2032.
It's weird, I feel like I've seen this plane at least four times in the last week.
Memory Diamond (crystals optimized for data storage) has been a cyberpunk trope since the 80's. Neat that we're finally getting there.
See also:
Computronium (matter optimized for data processing)
Yeah, it'll be fine. Just don't go above the papery parts of the stem to minimize the risk of fungal infections.
I'm old enough to remember the '94 crime bill.
Hell, surface coatings to protect against rust are a multi-billion industry and they often require very specific application methods and even a little deviation can fuck up the bond.