Tango01 | 16 Aug 2014 3:47 p.m. PST |
"'One in 19,800 chance' that asteroid 1950 DA could hit planet on 16 March 2880 Scientists have moved closer to being able to stop a huge asteroid colliding with the Earth and potentially wiping out human life. Researchers at the University of Tennessee have discovered that blowing the space rock up could make the collision worse by causing several devastating impacts…"
Full article here. link Amicalement Armand |
tkdguy | 16 Aug 2014 4:03 p.m. PST |
I'll probably be dead by then. It's possible a system to prevent or deflect near earth objects will have been put in place by then. |
cloudcaptain | 16 Aug 2014 4:07 p.m. PST |
By 2880 we will probably be trying to catch it for much needed resources. |
skippy0001 | 16 Aug 2014 4:15 p.m. PST |
Just God playing eight ball. |
20thmaine | 16 Aug 2014 4:25 p.m. PST |
On the BBC they made it 1 in 300 chance. I'll beat those odds – you know…presuming that I'm still around in 2880…. |
Battle Phlox | 16 Aug 2014 4:38 p.m. PST |
By then it will be the problem of our Hybrid Lizard Overlords. They won't let a rock destroy their food supply. |
etotheipi | 16 Aug 2014 4:43 p.m. PST |
I, for one, welcome our Hybrid Lizard Overlords. |
whitejamest | 16 Aug 2014 5:26 p.m. PST |
Great, 1 in 19,800….somehow I'll still roll a 1. |
Stryderg | 16 Aug 2014 5:33 p.m. PST |
So, the way I read that is "Scientists will soon be able to stop a big rock AND destroy all human life". Well, that's a downer. |
Zephyr1 | 16 Aug 2014 7:40 p.m. PST |
The problem is that before preparations are made, an undiscovered asteroid will hit the planet on 16 March 2879. Surprise! |
79thPA | 16 Aug 2014 7:55 p.m. PST |
I'll still be painting figures then. |
ernieR | 16 Aug 2014 7:57 p.m. PST |
somehow i just don't care . bring it ! |
Mithmee | 16 Aug 2014 9:03 p.m. PST |
Well if I live that long I will turn 923 the day before. |
Buck215 | 16 Aug 2014 9:48 p.m. PST |
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Sajiro | 17 Aug 2014 7:32 a.m. PST |
To quote Han Solo……."Never tell me the odds." |
Condotta | 17 Aug 2014 8:05 a.m. PST |
There will still be Elvis sightings. |
15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 17 Aug 2014 11:31 a.m. PST |
They can send Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck to nuke it. |
ubercommando | 17 Aug 2014 2:51 p.m. PST |
I've just looked in my diary and I'm away then. |
John the Greater | 18 Aug 2014 7:18 a.m. PST |
What time of day? I usually sleep in on saturdays, but if it is supposed to hit in the morning I might get up early to catch the show. |
boy wundyr x | 18 Aug 2014 7:32 a.m. PST |
Anything after 2080 is not my problem. |
Legion 4 | 18 Aug 2014 8:02 a.m. PST |
If I'm still around … I'll worry about then … |
OSchmidt | 18 Aug 2014 11:25 a.m. PST |
I suspect, that by 2880 we will have the technology to simply nudge the asteroid into a more benign regular orbit and use the .62 mile wide rock as a convenient orbital satellite, weather station, luxury hotel and casino. Or more likely, we can drill it, mine it, make an interstellar space ship out of it and begin colonization of nearby star system. Not worried. |
Legion 4 | 18 Aug 2014 1:55 p.m. PST |
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Tumbleweed | 18 Aug 2014 5:06 p.m. PST |
What do you mean you can't swim? The fall will probably kill you! |