From Vox Your odds of getting killed by an asteroid just went way up - Vox
So, how does this impact SWR strategy and FIRECalc projections?
Earth is more likely to get hit by an asteroid than we previously thought.
Scientists earlier believed that asteroids bigger than 20 meters — like the one that injured about 1,500 people in Chelyabinsk back in February 2013 — only collide with Earth every 150 years or so, on average.
But new findings have forced them to revise this view. The B612 Foundation, an organization devoted to detecting dangerous asteroids, has released data that indicate these sorts of asteroids could actually hit Earth once every 25 years, on average.
So, how does this impact SWR strategy and FIRECalc projections?