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I'm just thinking about all the technical challenges to land a flying metal cereal box on a moving asteroid...
Man, this rocks.
It just took a collection of bombs and careful aiming. We as a species are really good at throwing things pretty accurately and at messing with controlling fire
I kid, it's awesome we were able to make it happen and the wealth of knowledge gained by doing it