 John the OFM  | 03 Mar 2009 9:25 a.m. PST |
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| crhkrebs | 03 Mar 2009 9:30 a.m. PST |
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| UltraOrk | 03 Mar 2009 10:17 a.m. PST |
One of my favorite movie quotes: President: We didn't see this thing coming? Dan: Well, our object collison budget's a million dollars. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and beg'n your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky. |
 Parzival | 03 Mar 2009 10:23 a.m. PST |
Uh-oh. I think we're being bracketed. |
| 15th Hussar | 03 Mar 2009 10:31 a.m. PST |
There's a bigger one that's pretty much aimed right for us in about…20 (???) years (sometime this century). |
| John the OFM | 03 Mar 2009 10:45 a.m. PST |
This one seems to have been a "Holy  ! What was that???" event. |
| lugal hdan | 03 Mar 2009 11:01 a.m. PST |
Yeah, if they ever make their straddle role, we're in for a load of crits. |
| Streitax | 03 Mar 2009 11:26 a.m. PST |
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| jpattern2 | 03 Mar 2009 1:20 p.m. PST |
Yeah, Andrew, is that the one I recently read about that might actually pass *under* our highest satellites? Too damn close for comfort! I say we nuke it or push it far away. |
| 15th Hussar | 03 Mar 2009 1:33 p.m. PST |
JP2…Yep, that be the one, almost like shaving a chin hair off a gnat with the math involved. |
| GoodBye | 03 Mar 2009 4:32 p.m. PST |
Damned Bugs! They got our range, now they're just adjusting fire! |
| moonhippie3 | 04 Mar 2009 6:10 a.m. PST |
I think we should talk to the next rock that wants to hit us. I'm sure they want peace too… |
| AndrewGPaul | 06 Mar 2009 3:00 a.m. PST |
That one was rather small, and probably unlikely to do much damage if it hit the earth. It's possible it would never even reach the ground. It's about the size of what they think caused the Tunguska event, and it was an airburst after all. I saw estimates putting its kinetic energy at 14 megatonnes. If it hit the ground, you'd feel it, but if it hit the ocean, it'd go "plop". The energy released in the 2006 tsunami was 475 Mt, by comparison. |
ScottWashburn  | 07 Mar 2009 7:26 p.m. PST |
It's a shame it didn't hit in some unpopulated area. A nice big scary Ka-Boom! is what's needed to get people to realize that these things really are a threat. And the last administration shut down the tracking program… |
| Parzival | 07 Mar 2009 8:55 p.m. PST |
That one was rather small, and probably unlikely to do much damage if it hit the earth. It's possible it would never even reach the ground. It's about the size of what they think caused the Tunguska event, and it was an airburst after all.I saw estimates putting its kinetic energy at 14 megatonnes. If it hit the ground, you'd feel it, but if it hit the ocean, it'd go "plop". The energy released in the 2006 tsunami was 475 Mt, by comparison. Uhm… you do realize that a 14 megaton explosion is 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs? The Tunguska blast leveled an entire forest covering over 800 square miles, and it was an airburst. Had it struck a populated area, millions would have perished. link |
| dave talley | 07 Mar 2009 10:20 p.m. PST |
yeah and an ocean hit is worse, the absolute worst is an aerial burst over the ocean, a 360 degree tsunami Dave |
