Dismal-Philosopher-4 t1_j9lk4u9 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 9:15 PM

This thing was like half a meter big at most and most of it burnt up. We are not launching anything to space to find these, and we'll probably never will. Media trying to sensationalise some tiny meteorites again lately.

iwoodificood t1_j9ly5fi wrote on February 22, 2023 at 10:43 PM

I think it’s focused more on the type of close up we will have in 2030. https://www.space.com/apophis

WendigoWeiner t1_j9pe0oz wrote on February 23, 2023 at 5:02 PM

Absolutely true but I'll take the uninformed existential anxiety for more space missions.