So that's how we get a moon colony!
this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2025
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Good news: there's a moon colony. Bad news: gonna need a new definition of "we".
We, the smaller moons.
I assume it varies with the density of the asteroid.
And if we were using specifically shaped heat resistant metal rather than naturally forming ice/rock orbs it would burn up much less during re-entry too and impact with more tailored devastation, so the militarised artificial asteroid satellites could do bigger damage with smaller payloads.