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Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I wonder if the "important" people know the chances are higher, so they're going for broke in order to build their escape ship.