I don't know if this has come up in any of the forums but I thought it might be good to hear the latest buzz that's out there in the universe.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._asteroid_dc_1
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I don't know if this has come up in any of the forums but I thought it might be good to hear the latest buzz that's out there in the universe.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._asteroid_dc_1
I wonder how we would all react as a human race if it was relased that it was certanly going to hit earth...
Do you think that society would fall apart under the idea that whatever they do doesn't matter? Or do you think we would be civil and act accordingly? Something like that would really test how far we as a society have come...hmm.
" It would enter the atmosphere at nearly 64,000 mph and strike with the explosive energy of 1.2 million megatons of TNT"
"More than 100 follow-up observations allowed astronomers to calculate six other potential impact dates — in 2044, 2053, 2060 and 2078. "
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...d_threat_2&e=5
I think we better get some nukes out their real quick, we should still have a couple of 200 Megaton bombs left over from the cold war. that could vaporize a 1.5 mile rock with ease.
Im gonna go watch armageddon again
Well if you know your going to die you might as well live it up.Quote:
I wonder how we would all react as a human race if it was relased that it was certanly going to hit earth...
Do you think that society would fall apart under the idea that whatever they do doesn't matter? Or do you think we would be civil and act accordingly? Something like that would really test how far we as a society have come...hmm
the thing i find funny about this story is the range of different odds of it hitting in different articles. i saw it range from 1 in 250 000 to 1 in 600 000 000. what to believe these days with so many different versions of the same story and supposedly same source.
that's what I carry a lootin brick forQuote:
Originally posted here by THE RADICAL
I wonder how we would all react as a human race if it was relased that it was certanly going to hit earth...
Do you think that society would fall apart under the idea that whatever they do doesn't matter? Or do you think we would be civil and act accordingly? Something like that would really test how far we as a society have come...hmm.
i read about that...they said they would blow it up incase of emergency... lol Armageddon all over again.
The Americans managed to get to the moon inside 10 years, I'm sure if we had to, we would all come together and make it happen inside 17 years...Quote:
At the moment, he added, scientists fear it could take at least 30 years for the world to be able to devise and set up a mission to deal with such a threat -- a timescale which would be woefully inadequate if the 2019 strike were to happen.
As for reaction of the society, I figure the movie "Deep Impact" protayed it pretty realistically...
Ammo
hi,
acording to NASA that this asteroid will hit us 17 years from now
but what for sure now is that in 17 year, many thing could happen
Er0k, you really are a conspiracy theorist!
There are no chinese or russian space stations! (The russian space station - Mir - was disintegrated in the atmosphere last year!) Eitherways, that's not something that a space station (even ISS) would be equiped to detect.
And by the way, the data about those asteroids is publicly availible (http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/orbits/)... of course you're gonna say that's why the site is "overloaded" currently but anyways.. ;)
And between, the reason that the US were the first to detect 2002 NT7 is that the US are the first to have an automated array of telescopes with computerized detection of asteroids...
(it actually works with differential comparaison of timed lapsed pictures...)
Then again... it could also be a conspiracy! ;)
Ammo
Godamn, people need to calm down about this BS. The Media WAAAY over-hypes this ****. It's ridiculous... Even NASA's NEO division was complaining about it...
http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/news.html
Hmmm, one chance in 250,000. That's worse odds than the Illinois lottery. Just joking. Of course, a whole bunch of those 250,000 chances hit upper atmosphere and burn without being generally detected, which, i suppose, reduces the odds considerably. Besides, it is generally admitted by reputable astronomers that a "big one" could be incoming from dark space unnoticed until about 5 days to impact. Not really enough time for politicians to agree on anything except lunch break. :D
Here's something to think about... How do we know there's no people on this "asteriod" sitting there shitting themselves that planet Earth is going to hit them at 64,000 mph and decimate their planet? ;) I know it's only a relatively small rock but it puts things in a different perspective doesn't it?
Hehe.. yeah, but that's like driving on the wrong side of the highway! And also, I hope these hypothetical people are pretty resiliant to lack of atmosphere, extreem cold/heat, radiation and confined spaces ;)
Ammo
I can here the people on the rock now:
"Don't be ridicules, nothing could live on that planet, its surrounded by a gas with a very high oxygen content, do you realize how caustic that is"
Then joke:
"Yeah! If there were people there they'd probably excrete acid, ROFL"
Well, my thought is, we might as well get a couple of oil drillers up there, and nuke the thing.
One of them would have to stay behind to blow it up of course. (The Armageddon Movie) ;)
I am a little supersticious. I know that the Aztecs predicted the end of the world on Dec. 23 2012, so I wouldn't forget about that. The world might not even be there to get hit if that happens. But I do agree with cwk9, live it up.
P.S. I don't think America ever got to the moon. It was a hoax. And JFK was staged too. (Elvis is still alive!) :P
HAHA, i read every single post and i must admit that you guys have me laughing.
If the world was to end id probable come on this forum and read the jokes about it :)
back to the task at hand..... i see it like this, we got 17 years right??? well damnit think back 17 years ago and look at that technology, and look how much it changed to todays technology, and the cool thing about it is we are moving FASTER AND FASTER, so lets double that 17, what do ya get?? 34, then lets look back 34 years ago at technology, hah, there was ****, we have 7 years to jsut think **** up and 10 years to exicute it....
lets get this mofo :).... oooooo and if someone has to stay on the rock IT BETTER BE ME DAMNIT!!!!!
I would have expected the media to make this the biggest news story out there. But they're still stuck on political ussues as well. However, I think as the time comes closer to the expected date of impact (2019; considering it's all true), we'll hear much more about it on the news. CNN and DateLine... all the popular news telecasts will be raving about it.
Don't forget the nuclear arsenal Russia, China, and the US Pack. We could destroy the world 20 times with them. That asteroid would be sent to hell if we nuked it.
Talking about the Nukes that Russia, etc..... have, one might say "you know what, the hell with it, why let an asteroid hit us, why not nuke ourselves to hell?". All it takes is a little whisky and the push of a red button! :D
I'm not worried about it (much) because like many said, technology grows faster each day. Hell here's a thought. Nanotech is in production, why not send a shitload of these little robot guys and disassemble the asteroid, atom by atom...?
The possibilities are endless, and the solutions will come...
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I think as the time comes closer to the expected date of impact (2019; considering it's all true), we'll hear much more about it on the news.
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News Flash
Giant rocks are falling from the sky. Looks like the end of life as we know it.
More on the seven o’clock report
Last report I heard ruled out the 2019 date...I'll try to find the link and edit my post when I do.
EDIT: As promised... http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992606
HAHA... I was in some amateur astronomy group some while ago and they had all kinds off this information. They had a computer system or acces to one with a database of rocks who could "probably" hit earth in the next 100 years. There were thousents and even more and nobody even bother looking at it. There were several who already would have destoyed earth ages ago...and well because earth still exists, I don't think it would be any problem. and of course all the firepower earth has :):). Who cares about hostile aliens...we can blow away half the solarsystem just for fun. They already fled years ago :p.
You know this poses another. What would you do if you knew you had only 17 years more to live? Hmm.
Oops, i just re-read my post, " ......another question." Sorry.
I agree that in 17 years alot could happen. It could be knocked off its course, or knock some other rocks to send them this way. Nature is so fickle