>>7826611Indeed
>collaboratorThere’s one in about 100 years from now so whoever managed to have kids and they have grandkids, will see the consequences first hand.
A close pass will be a worldwide news event.
However we are already developing mitigation as well as research tools, such as asteroid anchors to grapple onto the regolith (surface soil). My design team won the contest and so got a VIP tour pass at the NBL in Houston Texas.