Asteroid Could Hit in 878 Years

Newsday ^ | 4/4/02 | Paul Recer

[areafiftyone]

WASHINGTON -- A new look at an asteroid orbiting the sun shows it could possibly smash into the Earth with the explosive force of millions of tons of TNT. But experts say the potential impact is still 878 years away, time enough for the speeding space rock to alter its course.

Named 1950 DA, the asteroid -- six-tenths of a mile wide -- is the most threatening to the Earth of all of the known large asteroids, but the odds are only about one in 300 that it would impact the planet, researchers said Thursday in the journal Science.

[areafiftyone]

ALRIGHTEE THEN! - Remind me in 877 years that it's coming!

[Ward Smythe]

Dang it! My Daytimer only goes up to the year 2879...

[jwalburg]

"This is not an urgent thing," said Giorgini. "We can spend a century thinking about it, another century deciding who is going to do something and then another century figuring out what to do. Three hundred years from now -- we can't even imagine how they will handle the problem."

Kind of like social security reform.

[Romulus]

"This is not an urgent thing," said Giorgini. "We can spend a century thinking about it, another century deciding who is going to do something and then another century figuring out what to do. Three hundred years from now -- we can't even imagine how they will handle the problem."

Procrastinators. They'll put in a week of all-nighters when the time comes. Human nature will never change that much.

[dogbyte12]

Well, ya figure in 878 years we will figure out what to do with it if we are still around. If ya figure how technology has progressed in the last 87.8 years... If it did hit us, would millions of cockroaches and AOL discs be all that survived?

[Slyfox]

Asteroid Could Hit in 878 Years

And some stupid democRAT somewhere will still be crowing about the Clinton Legacy.

[CFW]

Thank goodness I still have my Y2K supplies! Uh, what is the shelf life of roman noodles?

[Brett66]

We can make that a "priority" rock when we begin mining asteroids.

[CollegeRepublican]

So true. Kinda like my Senior Engineering Project. Hehehe

[mconder]

We are already ramping up in the middle east for the appocolypse. If we were serious about wooping this astriod when it comes, I think we should worry about how we will preserve the fabric of our present society that long. Seriously, are we going to be around then?

[RogueIsland]

Asteroid Could Hit in 878 Years

Daschle criticizes "Presidential inaction", demands hearings

[shadeaud]

This is obviously another Vast Right Wing Conspiracy to keep us distracted by the ongoing recount of Florida votes

[RnMomof7]

Wake me when it's over

[Tai_Chung]

"We can spend a century thinking about it, another century deciding who is going to do something and then another century figuring out what to do. Three hundred years from now -- we can't even imagine how they will handle the problem."

"What we are predicting is like figuring out a 15-bank shot in a game of pool," said Giorgini. "We can predict the first 13 banks really well, but it is the last few that we need to know more about."

Scientists will save the earth with 300 years of research in pool halls. The Federal government is expected to pay the costs.

[Semper Paratus]

Asteroid Could Hit in 878 Years

And some stupid democRAT somewhere will still be crowing about the Clinton Legacy.

This would not have happened if Gore won.

[eno_]

Outlook tells me I have a staff meeting that morning. Somebody else will have to take care of it.

[chiefqc]

Little tiny tommy dashole is blaming this problem on President Bush and asking for a decision on what he is doing about this urget problem.

Things like drilling for oil, tax breaks, military spending, etc. are not near as important a this asteroid problem.

what a stupid little crybaby moron tiny tommt is.

Agggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.

[RightResponse]

ROCK MY WORLD... Baby

[jae471]

Explosive force of millions of tons of TNT.

Yawn.

We've detonated nukes more powerful than 100 million tons of TNT in Nevada.

[Tai_Chung]

A new look at an asteroid orbiting the sun shows it could possibly smash into the Earth with the explosive force of millions of tons of TNT

Women and children hardest hit.