Posted on 07/06/2018 1:50:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Here’s the first topic, from back in the good old days.
Scientist: Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2029
Yahoo/AP | 12/23/04 | JOHN ANTCZAK
Posted on 12/23/2004 8:24:16 PM PST by hole_n_one
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1307719/posts
a couple of others.
German schoolboy, 13, corrects NASA’s asteroid figures
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2002114/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2002317/posts
That was back in November 2016, and we had plenty of help from the rest of America. :^)
LOL!
Yup, it puts things into perspective. A bolide a mile across would hit with more energy than the entire nuclear arsenal of the Earth put into one pile and set off.
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