A nuclear blast could save Earth from an asteroid, but there's a catch
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The fact that asteroid shape can flip a nuclear deflection from success to disaster underlines how brittle our high-stakes models still are. Any team building safety-critical simulations — from AVs to climate risk — should treat geometry and edge-case modeling as core, not cosmetic.
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