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March 20th, 2002, 06:00 AM
#11
"the odds of a collision are 1 in 10 million"
I'll take those odds.....
That could be true, but you just never know when that 1 chance will be. It could well be this year or the next, or the one after that. It may be that here on earth, us humans are pretty safe. We won't get wiped out by another species, the weather is unlikely to kill us all of, volcanos certainly won't wipe us all out, however, the greatest threat is something from outside our planet. I think it's good that countries have 'space watch' programs to look out and see if there is a threat coming from space so that we can at least try and combat it somehow, whether it be attack it or try to avoid it (hiding - if that will work?)
i dont think id want to know..... id rather everything jsut kinda happen and be done
I really don't know what would be better for the people of the world. I personally would like to know, but if an announcement is made saying, 'Earth is likely to be hit by a meteorite, do not panic, preventative measures are being taken', or something similar, I don't know how everyone would react. There could be total chaos, I'm sure there would be some people who would start going crazy and loitering (spelling?) cities. I think if this happens, NASA (or whoever is behind it) would probably not say anything, but I'm not sure - it will be a tough decision.
Greg
\"Do you know what people are most afraid of?
What they don\'t understand.
When we don\'t understand, we turn to our assumptions.\"
-- William Forrester
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