[Constitution Day]

WE'RE ALL GONNA LIVE!

[MalcolmS]

Have you ever noticed the timing on these things.

Day 1: Asteroid may hit with 1:xxxx odds on such and such a date.

Day 2: Don't panic, a hit has been ruled out.

Now it seems to me that it should take several more days to a week to take more enlist the help of other observatories, wait for the earth and the object to move in orbit, take exposures, digitize the film, run the calculations etc.

It's like they issue the press release with all the data available, then wait till the next day to press the 'equals' key on the calculator.

It's like they want to scare us, but not too much. I'm sure it can't be connected with wanting a grant to study NEOs or anything. (For the record, I am in favor of such grants, BTW.)