Աստերոիդ 2024 YR4-ի հնարավոր լուսնային հարվածը գիտական հնարավորություններ է ստեղծում

"...There's a bright side to every situation...."

"...a once in a lifetime chance to study the geology, seismology, and chemical makeup of our nearest neighbor..."

"...massive risks to satellites and huge meteors raining down on a large portion of the planet..."

"...serendipitous event for physicists who study high energy impacts..."

"...never-before collected actual data that is infeasible to get any other way..."

"...clearly be visible from the Pacific region, where it will be night during the impact..."

"...Watching the propagation of the moonquake caused by the impact will shine a light on the Moon’s interior and help researchers understand its composition without having to blast it with anything artificial...."

"...a free 'large scale' lunar sample return mission for astronomers..."

"...Despite the fact that the samples would be charred to a crisp by their atmospheric reentry...."

"...you know how spectacular such a display can be..."

"...Such an event could trigger 'Kessler Syndrome' and bring the entire network down over the span of a few short years, while also locking us out from being able to get anything else safely into orbit for much longer...."

"...we as a species will have to decide whether it's worth the effort to deflect it or not..."

"...we might miss out on a whole bunch of cool science - but we almost might save our entire orbital infrastructure and a few lives directly to boot..."