You can’t make this stuff up.
Law of Unintended Consequences.......................
A disinterested third party would conclude that the asteroids might think they are under attack… and start fighting back.
Ok then, let’s mess with mother nature some more...
and let’s put something out there to serve as a huge umbrella to block the sun and bring our Earth temperatures down a bit, to lower our climate change hot temperatures. Humans know better.
\o/ RUN
Unfortunately and through no fault on NASA, that particular asteroid was not actually an asteroid, but a leftover war machine from the Invasion 200 million years ago which destroyed the planet that created the so-called ‘asteroid belt’.
Its awake now, so expect the unexpected.
Great. Now it’s angry.
What could go wrong.
You can’t make this stuff up.
I looked up the high school where students made this observation. It is the most woke school on the planet. They may be right about asteroid stuff, but I doubt it.
It’s for certain they’re wrong about everything else.
BTW, the article misspelled Thacher School.
Sept. 2022, Dimorphos becomes self-aware.
And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew 24:29 ESV
Everything we talk about in space is just is assuming and 'reckoning' ('educated' guess).
The butterfly effect.
Nancy Chatbot
This is beginning to resemble the beginnings of many sci fi stories over the past 75 years...
Thank goodness we have strong & capable leadership to protect us from any adverse consequences...
Target: Washington DC
“There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now.
… What do you mean you’ve never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh, for heaven’s sake, mankind, it’s only four light years away, you know. I’m sorry, but if you can’t be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that’s your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.”