The Pan-STARRS PS1 Observatory in Hawaii, just before sunrise.
The Pan-STARRS PS1 Observatory in Hawaii, just before sunrise.
At this point, the only reason would be to know we're about to die.
We no longer have the capability to intercept them, and never had the ability to deflect them.
Even if we could deflect a killer asteroid, the current administration would regard it as a crisis to good to go to waste.
Is the camera going to stop it from hitting the earth? The further out we know, the more riots and chaos will reign. No thanks.
5 terabytes a night? lol....hope they have a registered copy of WinZIP...
Looking back at 'ya......
When I have killer asteroids, I use this.
What a collosal waste of time and money.
God has already declared he will not destroy the entirety of mankind (at least before judgment). The rainbows we see serve as a reminder of that covenant (Genesis 9:9-17).
So it comes down to who you choose to believe.
Pretty cool stuff, but I kinda agree with some of the other freepers - It just gives us more time to contemplate our deaths.
But on another note I recently read that the destruction caused by asteroids, meteors, comets, etc., may not be as huge as was earlier calculated. I remember reading where all it would take is something about 20 miles in diameter to destroy the earth. Now I’m reading it would take something much larger.
In any case we are not yet capable of doing anything to stop one even a few hundred feet in diameter, so until we can, I’d rather not know one is on the way.
Watching the Whie house?? Isn’t HE destroying the world?
1,400 megapixels
With the rate of technology changes, in 8 years we will have that on the iPhone.
Yeah, but does it have red-eye correction?
Thing must take like a whole Sam’s Club worth of those expensive little lithium batteries....
Interesting. I just watched one of my favorite movies, “Deep Impact” last night for about the 5th time.
The Threat to Earth from Asteroids & Comets
http://pan-starrs.ifa.hawaii.edu/public/asteroid-threat/asteroid_threat.html