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ttystikk t1_j6h1ek7 wrote

Reply to comment by tozfeekum in ‘Extraordinary’ footage shows one of the closest known approaches of a near-Earth object — On 26 Jan. 2023, asteroid 2023 BU was about 2,200 miles above the surface of the Earth by marketrent

I'm good with that. But I don't know how to calculate it so I'm counting on THEM.

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cml0401 t1_j6ixojz wrote

Simple, go play Kerbal Space Program for about 400-500 hours. You'll be able to pull one of those suckers into LEO and mine it for precious minerals.

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ttystikk t1_j6l8kym wrote

Kerbal Space Program for not teach you the underlying math.

But it's a good time!

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