Started working on my Marketplace of Ideas project. I was basically inspired to do something with defending Earth from collisions with near Earth objects (asteroids, meteors, etc) after watching astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil DeGrasse Tyson talk about the asteroid Apophis which is a large asteroid projected to come extremely close to Earth on 4/13/2029 (coincidentally a Friday) and depending on its path at that time, it may hit Earth seven years later. I think this also ties in nicely to the recent meteor explosion over Russia back in February.
I've got a cool game planned that I think aptly shows how unequipped we (the people of Earth) are to defend ourselves in the case of a potential asteroid impact. In the first scenario the player would have to try to fit a square block into a round hole. Naturally this is impossible and represents what we could do if we were in danger of being impacted by an asteroid. Then the player would have to opportunity to try and fit a block of clay into a round hole. Something they'd be able to do with the tools I'd provide, representing what we could do (survive/not be impacted) should we find ourselves in danger of being impacted.
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