Near Earth Asteriods

[B-Valvs]

This is pretty cool:

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/ ... 00907.html

8-)

[DaveSims]

Just imagine, these only had three days warning that they were coming...

[B-Valvs]

Just imagine, these only had three days warning that they were coming...

I know, it's crazy. And it's scary because there is absoluteny nothing anyone could do about it if one was much bigger and was going to hit.

8-)

[Hagar]

Just imagine, these only had three days warning that they were coming...

I know, it's crazy. And it's scary because there is absoluteny nothing anyone could do about it if one was much bigger and was going to hit.

8-)

In which case I'd rather not know about it.

[aussiewannabe]

Just imagine, these only had three days warning that they were coming...

Armageddon (1998)
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.

[B-Valvs]

Just imagine, these only had three days warning that they were coming...

Armageddon (1998)
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.

When I saw the article and Hagar's post, I immediately thought of that movie (although I really don't like it  ).

8-)

[Hagar]

[quote]When I saw the article and Hagar's post, I immediately thought of that movie (although I really don't like it

[DaveSims]

And I would expect that the government would keep news of an impending collision secret.  Just like most disaster movies, I would bet order and society would break down in a panic.

[H]

[quote]I haven't seen the movie but it reminded me of the so-called four-minute warning

[patchz]

Duck and Cover

[WebbPA]

This might be cause for concern if it didn't happen every day.

Wikipedia - Near-Earth Object

[quote]Objects with diameters of 5-10 m impact the Earth's atmosphere approximately once per year, with as much energy as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, approximately 15 kilotonnes of TNT. These ordinarily explode in the upper atmosphere, and most or all of the solids are vaporized.[26]

[aussiewannabe]

[quote] I haven't seen the movie but it reminded me of the so-called four-minute warning

[alrot]

we all gonna dieeeee!!! Buahhhhh!

Asteroids very predicable..MMMmm I would worried more about the comets or something name WR104

[Jeph]

If we spent the money building a rocket, some of those NEO's are worth $20 trillion USD or more. Sadly, NASA is great at making space boring (if you need proof, tune into NASA TV any time there's not a shuttle mission happening), so people are barely just now waking up to the economy that exists up there.

With regards to the duck and cover topic...I got this from a friend of mine when he cleaned out his parents' attic. It's amazing how the government "fibbed" to the American public at the time;

[Hagar]

I think some people watch too much Star Trek.

It's amazing how the government "fibbed"

Not sure why that surprises you. Lying convincingly is what politicians do. It's all part of the job.