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NASA says the world is not going to end in September
The Manchester Guardian ^
| August 21, 2015
| Claire Phipps
Posted on 08/23/2015 12:53:48 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Space agency kills off internet rumour by confirming an asteroid strike will not wipe out humanity in the next few weeks, or years, or decades.
Good news for those with plans for October and beyond: the Earth will still be in existence.
NASA has confirmed after rumours swept the internet about an imminent asteroid strike expected between 15 and 28 September that the two-week period in question will be entirely free of Earth-destroying space attacks.
The likelihood of any known potentially hazardous asteroid striking the planet within the next 100 years stands at 0.01%, the space agency said in a statement.
Persistent rumours on numerous recent blogs and web postings that an errant asteroid is due to wipe out not just Puerto Rico, but the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States and Mexico, as well as Central and South America, persuaded NASA scientists that they needed to speak up, the statement says.
There is no scientific basis not one shred of evidence that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Conspiracy; Government; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: asteroids; catastrophism; nasa
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The people who say global warming is real and who were assigned the mission of Muslim outreach? Yeah, I'm buying whatever they're selling.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Whatever. As long as it hits D.C., I can die a happy woman.
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posted on
08/23/2015 12:57:59 AM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("No punishment...is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin."-G.W)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
If you don’t buy, does it matter? Just sayin’.
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posted on
08/23/2015 1:00:06 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 2ndDivisionVet; 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
Thanks 2ndDivisionVet. I'm very relieved. :')
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posted on
08/23/2015 2:15:59 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yeah, that exactly what you’d expect them to say. //sarc
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Space agency kills off internet rumour by confirming an asteroid strike will not wipe out humanity in the next few weeks, or years, or decades.Good news for those with plans for October and beyond: the Earth will still be in existence.”
Damn!!! I bet my neighbor $100 bucks the world WOULD end in September!! Now I gotta come up with $100!!
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posted on
08/23/2015 2:48:23 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It is virtually guaranteed the end of the world will not happen in September. However, life on the world does not have that virtual guarantee.
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posted on
08/23/2015 3:29:43 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: ETL
I bet my neighbor $100 bucks the world WOULD end in September!! Now I gotta come up with $100!!Did you say what year?
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posted on
08/23/2015 3:47:20 AM PDT
by
uglybiker
(nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
To: uglybiker
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posted on
08/23/2015 3:54:17 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
08/23/2015 3:56:40 AM PDT
by
exnavy
(Common sense seems to be uncommon these days.)
To: exnavy
Did he sit on a lot of cold surfaces to get them?
To: Politicalkiddo
I’d prefer it to hit any of the crapistans in the middle east.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The likelihood of any known potentially hazardous asteroid striking the planet within the next 100 years stands at 0.01% Statistics are a funny thing and often misleading. They always give the statistic for a certain period, but asteroid strike probabilities are not the same as the roulette wheel. Presuming that their is an asteroid out there with our name on it, every passing moment without an asteroid strike increases the odds that it will occur in the next moment. In short, you can land on the same number again in normal roulette, but you cannot land on the same year again asteroid roulette.
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posted on
08/23/2015 4:07:13 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
To: exnavy
>> My dad had asteroids.
Ah, the smugness of youth. Stick around, sonny... won’t be long before they’re circling Uranus too.
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posted on
08/23/2015 4:10:03 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed was his demon-possessed tool.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
How could they say otherwise, without causing massive panic & chaos? The worldwide economy would suddenly seize up if the end was actually announced. Crime would skyrocket. Hillary would release more emails. Just pandemonium.
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posted on
08/23/2015 4:21:55 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: 1rudeboy
If you work on Wall Street you’ll just wish it was the end of the world
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posted on
08/23/2015 4:25:11 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Personally, I thought it all was a hoax. But now that the government says it is, maybe I should prepare for an asteroid hit.
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posted on
08/23/2015 4:25:20 AM PDT
by
lucky american
(Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
To: PghBaldy
Past: my dog has been sleeping with the cat. Another harbinger?
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posted on
08/23/2015 4:26:35 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“NASA has confirmed after rumours swept the internet about an imminent asteroid strike expected between 15 and 28 September that the two-week period in question will be entirely free of Earth-destroying space attacks.”
That is exactly what one would expect from a government
that lies to it’s people on a constant basis. How can
we trust anything they say?
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posted on
08/23/2015 4:39:40 AM PDT
by
Slambat
To: Slambat
They are only willing to address a specific 2 week period?
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posted on
08/23/2015 4:41:17 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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