NASA finds humanity would totally fumble asteroid defense

Earthly politics and mission planning no match for fast-moving rocky orb

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Achievement unlocked: discovering the Great Filter.
- If an asteroid were to hit the Earth large enough to cause human extinction, it would save us the embarrassment of killing ourselves from poisoning the climate or microplastic pollution.
  
  I'm pretty sure we navigated nuclear holocaust, but we haven't fully ruled it out either.

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