Coming back to this: You mean to say we’ve got three years to execute a mission to give it a little nudge now, so we don’t have to give it a big nudge in 7 years? (Into earth’s orbit, of course.)
Yep, the plan to redirect it, if needed, would’ve been to hit it as it went past in 2028. (Its orbit has been refined enough by now to be nearly certain it won’t hit the Earth).
Coming back to this: You mean to say we’ve got three years to execute a mission to give it a little nudge now, so we don’t have to give it a big nudge in 7 years? (Into earth’s orbit, of course.)
Yep, the plan to redirect it, if needed, would’ve been to hit it as it went past in 2028. (Its orbit has been refined enough by now to be nearly certain it won’t hit the Earth).