asteroids suck... especially when you dont notice them....

[hot_ice]

"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

[System_Crash]

Yeah well when the time comes i guess i'll have to kick some asteroid ass.

[Terr]

I found the tone of this article very amusing. In the beginning, they're practically wringing their metaphorical hands with unease over how close this one came, roping in the reader with suspensful writing.

If it pierced the atmosphere, the approximately 70-meter-long rock could have disintegrated and unleashed the energy equivalent of a 4-megaton nuclear bomb, researchers said.

"If it were over a populated area, like Atlanta, it would have basically flattened it," said Gareth Williams, associate director of the International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

And then they pull the old: "But scientists (ignore the ones we just talked about) are saying it's all okay and you don't have to worry. Trust the scientists (these ones, not the other ones.)"

But don't tell the grandchildren to head to the hills just yet. The odds of a collision are currently 1 in 10 million and could become even more remote with more refined calculations.

I mean, isn't it sort of weird that contrast between: "This is dangerous, exciting, and very amazing.", and "Don't panic."...

[Faqt]

All I have to say is...please don't tell me, there will be very little I can do about it and I hope I don't have to spend my final days thinking about it!