Too bad it's so far in the future - if we could direct it...
TEHERAN
DAMASCUS
RIYADH
OK under 300 wide...
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| 2005-08-18 |
| Posted by:Clinesing Grotch9287 |
| #12 PR: Joe's a perfect example of Different Rulz for Different People. If Joe goes for a night with out a cap lock sentence I worry and get anxious. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-08-18 18:08 |
| #11 mojo, ROFL. One day, one...day. Joseph, "CAPS LOCK," why do they hate us? |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-18 17:47 |
| #10 The asteroid is relatively small, about the length of three football fields. If it hit it wouldn't create wide-scale damage to the Earth, but would cause major damage at the impact site, Scheeres said. Too bad it's so far in the future - if we could direct it... TEHERAN DAMASCUS RIYADH OK under 300 wide... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-18 12:16 |
| #9 Big Ed--Your pics are too big and are messing up the screen. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-08-18 11:42 |
| #8 The asteroid is relatively small, about the length of three football fields. If it hit it wouldn't create wide-scale damage to the Earth, but would cause major damage at the impact site, Scheeres said. Too bad it's so far in the future - if we could direct it... [Extremely large graphix edited out by Seafarious...please keep the pix down to 300 pixels wide, thnax...] |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-08-18 11:38 |
| #7 God sez: "Watch this - asteroid in the corner pocket." |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-08-18 11:33 |
| #6 Nice article - just make sure nothing happens to the Moon. Very, VERY, V-E-R-Y-Y-Y scary dreams/visions of lunar explosions and crack-up when I was a kid in the 60's, At 400 meters this thing would may a pretty decent sized crater but causing the Moon to break up. No way it is way too small and moving way too slow relative to the Moon. If in the worse case scenario it impacted the Earth we would be looking a Tungusta sized event. Not a nice thing to be under if it hit but not the end of the world either. |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2005-08-18 10:44 |
| #5 As long as it doesn't obscure my view of Uranus. |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2005-08-18 02:57 |
| #4 Oops! That should have read - it doesn't hit something |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-08-18 02:14 |
| #3 Scientists predict a near-miss when Asteroid 99942 Apophis passes Earth in 2029. In 2029, I will not even notice a mere asteroid, nay my whole undivided attention will up where the Celestial Objects play with the Heavenly Bodys. /sorry Joe |
| Posted by: In the year 2029 2005-08-18 01:00 |
| #2 The its gonna miss prediction presumes it does hit something along the way that changes its trajectory. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2005-08-18 00:44 |
| #1 Nice article - just make sure nothing happens to the Moon. Very, VERY, V-E-R-Y-Y-Y scary dreams/visions of lunar explosions and crack-up when I was a kid in the 60's, just as is no surprise here the Chicommies wanna send a man to the moon. Sorry, CIA-DIA, you are 30 + years late and still ticking. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-08-18 00:33 |