[lambdadelirium]

What can be done to increase the asteroid impact probability?

[Trasmatta]

And can we speed up the timeline? 2032 is too far away.

[chrisshroba]

Can we also add mass to the asteroid?

[Timwi]

We're gonna need a bigger rock.

[Malcolmlisk]

Monke, smash!!

[chrsw]

The best way I can think of is similar to what I heard from Jaron Lanier (he may not be the first person to explain this). Basically what you do is send something massive out there that will gravitationally tug it into a collision course with Earth. Obviously this will take quite a bit of time but if your calculations are correct it will pretty much guarantee impact.

[Qem]

Waiting. In general the probability increases as more data is gathered, and the error ellipse shrinks with the Earth still inside. Then is suddenly drops to zero in the overwhelming majority of cases, when the Earth finally gets out of this shrinking error ellipse.

[dguest]

The precision (of the observed trajectory) increases. If the probability increased in general we should recalibrate our probability estimates.

[vasco]

Get a lot of people to jump at the same time to nudge us into the path.

[skykooler]

This would move the Earth by less than the width of an atom: https://what-if.xkcd.com/8/

[2-3-7-43-1807]

that's a beautiful idea. it will only work if we act together as one human race. this is the moment where we have to put political conflicts aside and commit collective suicide.

[jdmoreira]

We can land on it, drill and plant nukes inside to shatter it

[pxmpxm]

Can't tell why I'm hearing "I could stay awake just to hear you breathin" in my head when reading the above

[chrsw]

That's not what they asked

[jakeinspace]

Don't become the very thing you claim to hate!

[halfmatthalfcat]

Been rooting for Asteroid/Meteor in the recent presidential elections.