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2005-12-07 Science & Technology
It's called Apophis. And it could hit Earth in 31 years time
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Posted by Steve White 2005-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 "If we wait until 2029, it would seem unlikely that you'd be able to do anything about 2036," said Mr Yates.

Nonsense.(Link)
Posted by Rory B. Bellows 2005-12-07 02:32||   2005-12-07 02:32|| Front Page Top

#2 When I get old and losing my hair many years from now...
Will you still be ...
Hmm why do I need a nest egg to see me past 80?
If this hits nobody will need to collect SS.
Posted by 3dc 2005-12-07 03:02||   2005-12-07 03:02|| Front Page Top

#3 The grant application deadline must be approaching...
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2005-12-07 03:05||   2005-12-07 03:05|| Front Page Top

#4 In Egyptian myth, Apophis was the ancient spirit of evil and destruction, a demon that was determined to plunge the world into eternal darkness.

Huum...wonder if this evil spirt thingy sent some moose limbs spys ahead and are already amongst us? kinda skerry ain't it
Posted by Red Dog 2005-12-07 03:47||   2005-12-07 03:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh yeah? Well, bring it on, lol. I predict it will strike the Kaaba at the precise moment of the Fajr prayer - the bitch that comes before phreakin' dawn and used to wake me up - Mekkah time on April 14, 2029. Why the 14th instead of the 13th? Lol, cuz they're a half-day ahead of these NASA (yeah - cap it cuz it's an acronym, AlG morons) hand-wringers.

Or we could launch the Kaaba at it to deflect it. Hmmm. Tough choice. Nah, let 'er come home to Papa Little Mo. 390m isn't an ELE.
Posted by .com 2005-12-07 03:55||   2005-12-07 03:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Damned Gua'uld. Isn't this the one who made it to Ascended, then got kicked out for being a bastard?
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2005-12-07 05:58|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2005-12-07 05:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Apophis was Ti-ok's boss,Baal was the one who ascended and was given the boot.
Posted by raptor 2005-12-07 06:52||   2005-12-07 06:52|| Front Page Top

#8 So which one of us is the bigger geek?

I nominate the guy that put Krusty's pic on this story.
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2005-12-07 08:37|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2005-12-07 08:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Gal, actually, RC. :)
Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious  2005-12-07 08:45||   2005-12-07 08:45|| Front Page Top

#10 And some people still wonder why we have a space program in thew first place
Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-12-07 08:47||   2005-12-07 08:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Just in time to stop global warming.
Posted by Shipman 2005-12-07 08:59||   2005-12-07 08:59|| Front Page Top

#12 "...an outside chance of hitting the Earth in 2036..."
Pffft -- they can't even predit the weather accurately two days in advance.
Posted by Darrell 2005-12-07 09:14||   2005-12-07 09:14|| Front Page Top

#13 The Advanced Concepts Team at the European Space Agency have led the effort in designing a range of satellites and rockets to nudge asteroids on a collision course for Earth into a different orbit.

So we're depending on the Europeans to save the world from this?
Where's my shovel...
Posted by tu3031 2005-12-07 09:24||   2005-12-07 09:24|| Front Page Top

#14 We have twenty years to pulverize this puppy. Let's get started.
Posted by DoDo 2005-12-07 11:36||   2005-12-07 11:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Actually its a good excuse to test really big space weapons... maybe even anti-matter or quark ones.
Posted by 3dc 2005-12-07 13:07||   2005-12-07 13:07|| Front Page Top

#16 If we were really smart, we'd confirm this turkey's elemental composition and (if of use) head out to mine the little sucker into oblivion and come back with a boatload of heavy metals and other goodies.
Posted by Zenster 2005-12-07 13:14||   2005-12-07 13:14|| Front Page Top

#17 Zionist plot to destroy the Earth? ;)
Posted by borgboy 2005-12-07 13:15||   2005-12-07 13:15|| Front Page Top

#18 Hmmm, I wonder... how big chunk of a rock you need to pulverize certain, ahm..., significant location? (Add Qom and make it two chunks and we have a twofer! All we would need is wink, wink and then nudge, nudge! ;-) Yahwe is greatest!)
Posted by twobyfour 2005-12-07 14:12||   2005-12-07 14:12|| Front Page Top

#19 We have to do something before Bush's asteroid kills us all!
Posted by Secret Master 2005-12-07 18:44||   2005-12-07 18:44|| Front Page Top

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