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Asteroid With Chance of Hitting Earth in 2029 Now Being Watched 'Very Carefully' (1 in 43 odds)
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| Update, Dec. 25, 9:47 p.m. ET
| Robert Roy Britt
Posted on 12/26/2004 8:33:58 PM PST by shadowman99
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Happy New Year.
To: shadowman99
I'm holding off on joining Netflix. If the world ends and there are days left in the month, I ain't losin out!
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:38:20 PM PST
by
Darkwolf377
(Meeting lunacy with lunacy since 1965.)
To: shadowman99
Anybody ever read a great novel from the 1970's called Luicifer's Hammer by Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven? Awesome book on point (nearly--concerns a comet) with this thread!
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:40:57 PM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: shadowman99
So what? Let's party like it's 1999.
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:42:19 PM PST
by
HighWheeler
("The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato)
To: ExSoldier
I've read it, several times, in fact.
Excellent read, but a little unlikely.
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:44:34 PM PST
by
clee1
(Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
To: ExSoldier
Yup. Terrific book. I consider the scene with the surfer trying to ride out the tsunami one of the most memorable scenes in any book I ever read, and I'm not even a big surfing fan.
Qwinn
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:45:13 PM PST
by
Qwinn
To: shadowman99
Bruce Willis... Please go to a white courtesy phone for a message.
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:45:43 PM PST
by
nhoward14
(Freedom costs a buck-o-five.)
To: shadowman99
Wait a sec -- the first time this story was posted, the odds were 1/300. Why the change??
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:45:56 PM PST
by
berkeleybeej
(Live Free or Diebold)
To: berkeleybeej
1/300 wasn't scary enough...
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:47:06 PM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
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To: shadowman99
It has been a busy stretch for asteroid scientists. Earlier this week, researchers announced that a small space rock had zoomed past Earth closer than the orbits of some satellites.It's shooting gallery out there folks, and Planet Earth is a sitting duck!
To: Darkwolf377
lets see, if I take out my y2k kit, add some duck tape and change the water, I should be ok.
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:51:29 PM PST
by
Lokibob
(All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
To: Darkwolf377
I will be 80dy..Dont care.....
To: shadowman99
...categorized as a 4 on the Torino Scale...
I'd say this one is a 10.
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:52:28 PM PST
by
FReepaholic
(Proud FReeper since 1998. Proud monthly donor.)
To: berkeleybeej
Wait a sec -- the first time this story was posted, the odds were 1/300. Why the change??
More data from more observations changed the result of the calculation of the chance it hits.
To: ExSoldier
It reminded me of Footfall by the same authors. Great book. The pfftth (I'm sure I spelled it wrong) threw an asteroid at us and wiped out India.
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:55:32 PM PST
by
gitmo
(Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
To: shadowman99
The way the odds are going, I'd lay a bet on that one.
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:56:26 PM PST
by
Duchess47
("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
To: shadowman99
It is now pegged at having a 1-in -45 chance of striking the planet on April 13, 2029. Yep, that's the risk on that one day only. Cumulatively, over the 70 years subsequent to 2029, the risk is about 30% (as of right now). Wish they wouldn't announce these things until they get it nailed down. What's the point?
To: shadowman99
I will be 17 days shy of 62 years old on that day. My son will be 29 years, and my daughter will be 34.
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:57:42 PM PST
by
trussell
(I Never Frown, even when I am sad,because I never know who is falling in love with my Smile!!!)
To: shadowman99
Time to develop the giant space based laser "defensive" weapon.
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posted on
12/26/2004 8:57:43 PM PST
by
bayourod
(Our troops are already securing our borders against terrorists. They're killing them in Iraq.)
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