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Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - Rooner - 09-02-2003
We're all dead. Yup. We are all gonna die. See ya.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/09/02/asteroid.reut/index.html
Giant asteroid could hit Earth in 2014
Tuesday, September 2, 2003 Posted: 7:29 AM EDT (1129 GMT)
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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A giant asteroid is heading for Earth and could hit in 2014, U.S. astronomers have warned British space monitors.
But for those fearing Armageddon, don't be alarmed -- the chances of a catastrophic collision are just one in 909,000.
Asteroid "2003 QQ47" will be closely monitored over the next two months. Its potential strike date is March 21, 2014, but astronomers say that any risk of impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered.
On impact, it could have the effect of 20 million Hiroshima atomic bombs, a spokesman for the British government's Near Earth Object Information Centre told BBC radio.
The Centre issued the warning about the asteroid after the giant rock was first observed in New Mexico by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Program.
"The Near Earth Object will be observable from Earth for the next two months and astronomers will continue to track it over this period," said Dr Alan Fitzsimmons, one of the expert team advising the Centre.
Asteroids such as 2003 QQ47 are chunks of rock left over from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Most are kept at a safe distance from the Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
But the gravitational influence of giant planets such as Jupiter can nudge asteroids out of these safe orbits and send them plunging towards Earth.
Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - Drunken GW - 09-02-2003
dude, that's like 10 years from now
i'll be over 40 and almost dead anyway
Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - Ronin - 09-02-2003
it's ok. nasa will think of something.. remember Armageddon?
Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - Drunken GW - 09-02-2003
that was a movie
i'm talking reality
jeesh
Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - 60FeetUnderWater - 09-02-2003
Quote:Originally posted by Ronin
it's ok. nasa will think of something.. remember Armageddon?
on the contrary, remember "Deep Impact"?
:disappointed:
so much for being motivated to enroll into a 401K or some other hoity toity high falootin' retirement fund.
and actually - I rather go out in a bang than in a whimper. So, after 2 months we'll know for sure whether or not we're going to bite the big one collectively?
Think they would ever actually annouce it?
Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - Rooner - 09-02-2003
Whos gettin fucked up with me for the next 11 years?
Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - 60FeetUnderWater - 09-02-2003
Quote:Originally posted by Rooner
Whos gettin fucked up with me for the next 11 years?
can we first wait for the official declaration that we're all indeed fucked?
after that...GAME ON!!!!
Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - Drunken GW - 09-02-2003
Quote:Whos gettin fucked up with me for the next 11 years?<<<<< started 10 years ago
Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - Rooner - 09-02-2003
Quote:Originally posted by fhore twentee
Quote:Originally posted by Rooner
Whos gettin fucked up with me for the next 11 years?
can we first wait for the official declaration that we're all indeed fucked?
after that...GAME ON!!!!
Come on man, do we need the "official" designation? All I need is the thought.
Well, its been nice knowing you guys.... - Sloats - 09-02-2003
Quote:Originally posted by fhore twentee
Quote:Originally posted by Ronin
it's ok. nasa will think of something.. remember Armageddon?
on the contrary, remember "Deep Impact"?
:disappointed:
so much for being motivated to enroll into a 401K or some other hoity toity high falootin' retirement fund.
and actually - I rather go out in a bang than in a whimper. So, after 2 months we'll know for sure whether or not we're going to bite the big one collectively?
Think they would ever actually annouce it?
How about the movie "Asteroid" when there was this huge tsuenami (fuck spelling) that devestated Japan and we were able to move the asteroid because both CCCP and USA had nuclear missiles platforms in space....