related, earlier topics:
Scientists say asteroid may hit Mars in late January
(1 in 75 chance on Jan. 30, 2008)
ap on Examiner.com | 12/20/07 | Alicia Chang - ap
Posted on 12/20/2007 9:27:00 PM EST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1942591/posts
Astronomers Monitor Asteroid To Pass Near Mars
Science Daily | 12-21-2007 | NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Posted on 12/21/2007 7:02:43 PM EST by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943021/posts
Scientists say there is 4 percent chance asteroid could hit Mars
(Odds improve, still a longshot)
AP on Bakersfield Californian | 12/28/07 | Alicia Chang - ap
Posted on 12/28/2007 7:20:49 PM EST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945383/posts
Astronomers Monitor Asteroid to Pass Near Mars
(odds are now 1 in 25 of an impact)
NASA media | Dec. 28, 2007 | NASA
Posted on 12/30/2007 11:24:57 AM EST by Lokibob
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1945936/posts
and some sidebars:
Hitch hike to Mars inside an asteroid
New Scientist | 23 October 2006 | David Shiga
Posted on 10/23/2006 2:43:10 PM EDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1724431/posts
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Begins Trek to Asteroid Belt
Space.com | 27 September 2007 | Tariq Malik
Posted on 09/27/2007 4:10:44 PM EDT by saganite
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1903165/posts
Thanks!
1 in 28,, not real promising. Oh well.