Comment on xkcd #3049: Incoming Asteroid

Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I assume it varies with the density of the asteroid.

And if we were using specifically shaped heat resistant metal rather than naturally forming ice/rock orbs it would burn up much less during re-entry too and impact with more tailored devastation, so the militarised artificial asteroid satellites could do bigger damage with smaller payloads.

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