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Asteroid strike ruled out for 2014
MSNBC ^
| 9/2/03
| Alan Boyle
Posted on 09/02/2003 6:10:55 PM PDT by Valin
Asteroid strike ruled out for 2014 After alert, further observations eliminate risk of collision
Sept. 2 — After sounding the alarm about a kilometer-wide asteroid, astronomers said Tuesday that further data eliminated the possibility of a catastrophic collision in 2014. This week’s alert followed the up-and-down course that is typical for observations of near-Earth objects.
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:10:55 PM PDT
by
Valin
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
False alarm! Opening day 2014 is back on!
Just damn.
If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:12:12 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: Valin
Asteroid strike ruled out for 2014
Damn! And I already made reservations and had my tux all pressed.
To: Valin
Spoilsport.
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:12:51 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
To: Valin
Well HECK maybe next time.
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:13:30 PM PDT
by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(PEACE - Through Superior Firepower)
To: Valin
Right....and they got the weather forecast for tomorrow right also!
To: Valin
Well, I guess I won't be needing to carry my catcher's mitt around anymore.
To: mhking
You owe me for covered-storage fees.. I hope you know that.
False alarm indeed.
To: Valin
Asteroid strike ruled out for 2014 Wrong! Only an asteroid strike by QQ47 has been ruled out.
To: Valin
And throughout all the newsrooms in the land a great lamentation was heard, as the punditry was left with one fewer disaster to blame on George W. Bush.
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:21:29 PM PDT
by
CFC__VRWC
(Nothing wrong with it that a couple of well-placed Mark 48s wouldn't fix)
To: Valin
Damn, and I already sold my timeshare.....
Oh well, maybe next time "around"....
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:24:20 PM PDT
by
cavtrooper21
(The only thing criminals will get from me is a .45 bullet or cold steel... Their choice.)
To: Valin
SPOTREP
To: Valin
further observations eliminate risk of collision Schrodinger's Asteroid?
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:24:36 PM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(The Federal Register is printed on pulp from The Tree Of Liberty)
To: Valin
You mean I moved my car for nothing?
To: GreenHornet
An old AMC?
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:27:28 PM PDT
by
StriperSniper
(The Federal Register is printed on pulp from The Tree Of Liberty)
To: LibWhacker
Wrong! Only an asteroid strike by QQ47 has been ruled out.
Maybe QQ48, QQ447s evil brother.
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:28:32 PM PDT
by
Valin
(America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.)
To: mhking; Poohbah; anymouse
Stand down Project Icarus
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:28:42 PM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: hchutch
Geez, and we don't get a "Asteroid Strike LIVE thread." :o)
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:29:44 PM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
To: Valin
Awwww, nuts.
And I was gonna make a jello-mould...
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:30:43 PM PDT
by
Tamzee
("Big government sounds too much like sluggish socialism."......Arnold Schwarzenegger)
To: Valin
Strike for Sept 3, 2003 also ruled out.
You heard it here first.
Prediction made w/o telescope. I could use some gov't support tho!
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posted on
09/02/2003 6:34:50 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
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