How far are we from colonizing off Earth?

[Orius]

Those rocks really aren't that big though.

 

[Umbran]

Those rocks really aren't that big though.

No?

A rock 5 to 10 meters across entering the atmosphere has about as much energy as Little Boy, the atomic bomb they dropped on Hiroshima. About one such rock comes along each year, and usually they burn up on the way in. It doesn't threaten Life On Earth^(TM), but the thing is still the size of a house, and you probably wouldn't want it landing in your back yard.

 

[Pbartender]

No?

A rock 5 to 10 meters across entering the atmosphere has about as much energy as Little Boy, the atomic bomb they dropped on Hiroshima. About one such rock comes along each year, and usually they burn up on the way in. It doesn't threaten Life On Earth^(TM), but the thing is still the size of a house, and you probably wouldn't want it landing in your back yard.

Right... It'd still be like a small Tunguska impact.

 

[TanisFrey]

Right... It'd still be like a small Tunguska impact.

Which leveled all the trees in the area, it knocked over an estimated 80 million trees over 830 sq mi area. Lucky, no one lived there.