Oh Great! First they say "But Donald Yeomans of Nasa told the BBC that the margin of error in the predicted orbit might be "several tens of millions of kilometres"."
Then they say "Preventing an impact would require a rocket to be launched while the asteroid was still distant, to deflect its path by hitting it or breaking it up by detonating an atomic weapon. But that would require years of forward planning and precise knowledge of the object's path."
So... We don't know exactly where its going, and we can't do anything about it unless we know exactly where its going. I may as well just make sure my subterranean shelter is stocked and hope it hits Russia again.
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Oh Great! First they say "But Donald Yeomans of Nasa told the BBC that the margin of error in the predicted orbit might be "several tens of millions of kilometres"."
Then they say "Preventing an impact would require a rocket to be launched while the asteroid was still distant, to deflect its path by hitting it or breaking it up by detonating an atomic weapon. But that would require years of forward planning and precise knowledge of the object's path."
So... We don't know exactly where its going, and we can't do anything about it unless we know exactly where its going. I may as well just make sure my subterranean shelter is stocked and hope it hits Russia again.