Could We Save Earth From a 'Planet Killer' in Only 6 Months?

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Could We Save Earth From a 'Planet Killer' in Only 6 Months?
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What if a 6.5-mile-long asteroid was heading straight for Earth, with a cataclysmic collision that would kill us all in just six months? What would we do?

The asteroid and the public's apathy toward it is an allegory of the world’s inaction in the face of global warming, but now, two physicists The nuclear devices, which would be placed atop 1,000 javelin-shaped penetrators, could be launched on NASA's Space Launch System orHowever, because the launch would have to take place five months before the asteroid was projected to impact, we would have only one month to prepare. If we managed to meet the strict deadline, the penetrators would hit their target a month before the impact date.

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