Blast it or paint it: Deadly asteroid bounds towards Earth out of the blue

rt.com ^ | 3/4/12

[fhayek]

Paint it, paint it, paint it, paint it black...

[Revolting cat!]

This time it’s the end, I perdict!

[lefty-lie-spy]

Neat. Fun stuff to keep an eye on.

[GeronL]

It’s not hurtling toward Earth, it is simply orbiting Michele Obama

[dragonblustar]

I hope it hits Mecca...

[U-238]

Comprehensive forecasts are still not possible.

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Can_We_Predict_When_An_Asteroid_Will_Impact_Earth_999.html

[GeronL]

Mecca would be an awesome target, another space rock for Muzzies to worship

[rockrr]

Yea but the Mayans are gonna be pissed...

“Missed it by this much!”

[U-238]

To sum up:We’re making good progress on finding the big ones that could wipe out civilizations, but the smaller asteroids remain largely a mystery

[Cringing Negativism Network]

rt.com?

Isn’t that more or less, Pravda?

[Gator113]

It’s Obama’s real father on his way from Hell.

[skinkinthegrass]

" Mecca would be an awesome target,
another space rock for Muzzies to worship "Hmmm... Thor's hammer.

[tet68]

Oh good, something to look forward to.

[JerseyanExile]

I’m not exactly sure that a 1 out of 4,550 chance of a hit is a “good chance”.

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ip?2.2e-04

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html

[smokingfrog]

Time to build a giant laser.

[C210N]

has a good chance of colliding with Earth in eleven months.

I'm not totally versed in reading these charts, BUT... that said as a disclaimer, I believe NASA is saying the "good" chance is defined as about 2 hundredths of 1% chance of hitting the Earth.

[varmintman]

There’s something basically unreasonable about Bork Obunga telling NASA that their main focus in life needs to be helping muslims with their self esteem problems.....

[Washi]