[samatman]

This was a bit more than a hundred years ago. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

I'd say that such an event happening over a populated region of the Earth would be pretty bad. It's worth a bit of investment.

Here's what would happen if Tunguska happened over Paris, using a mid-range estimate of its magnitude: https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&kt=30000&lat=48.8583&ln...

[jonathankoren]

Worth the investment of an extraplanetary colony? Because that’s the investment we’re talking about.