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minus-squareTheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·7 months agoIn other news: …there’s an asteroid set to collide with earth?!?
minus-squarethe_q@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoIt can’t get here soon enough.
minus-squareBluesF@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoNo, the title is poorly worded. They are testing a technology that could redirect an asteroid, there isn’t one that is currently a concern.
minus-squareTransporter_Room_3@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoA better title would be “Japan to test technology to destroy potential asteroids…” but that takes more space and is less attention-grabbing
minus-squarePorkTaco@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoPretty sure they worded it exactly the way they meant to.
minus-squareCoreidan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoOh that’s too bad. I was getting excited about the idea that an asteroid would take us out. Guess I’m going back to work then….
In other news: …there’s an asteroid set to collide with earth?!?
It can’t get here soon enough.
No, the title is poorly worded. They are testing a technology that could redirect an asteroid, there isn’t one that is currently a concern.
A better title would be “Japan to test technology to destroy potential asteroids…” but that takes more space and is less attention-grabbing
Pretty sure they worded it exactly the way they meant to.
Oh that’s too bad. I was getting excited about the idea that an asteroid would take us out.
Guess I’m going back to work then….