jennimackenzie t1_iy4emi5 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 5:50 PM

I think little space debris that slams into the moon at astronomical speeds does not make it through to us because of our atmosphere. We do have huge craters on earth, so inevitably we will have another. I wonder when.

llMithrandirll t1_iy4ians wrote on November 28, 2022 at 6:14 PM

We also have smaller craters too. They just come from much larger original asteroids (meters in diameter) that broke up and had most of their material burn away in the atmosphere. The big craters come from extremely rare asteroids that were originally kilometers in diameter. There has only been about 60 of those meteor strikes and the earth has been around for 4.5 BILLION years so the odds of one hitting earth again before humans go extinct is pretty low.

4 500 000 000/60=75 000 000.

That's an average of one large meteor strike every 75 million years and the average mammal species only lasts about 1 million years. Humans have already been around for about 200 000 years.

jennimackenzie t1_iy4qgpd wrote on November 28, 2022 at 7:08 PM

So you’re saying there’s a chance!?

llMithrandirll t1_iy4uhp4 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 7:35 PM

Yes, it is possible but the odds are very very low.

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llMithrandirll t1_iy6is3l wrote on November 29, 2022 at 2:45 AM

And what makes you think that our stupidity at governing isn't a part of nature? Also just because we're a technological species doesn't mean that nature can't eliminate us. That kind of thinking is what leads to shit like the Titanic.