Giant asteroid to make closest flyby of earth in recorded history (on April 13th, 2029)

The New Zealand Herald ^ | February 15th, 2005 | Steve Connor

[eccentric]

"No man knows the day or the hour...." The Holy Bible

I was thinking of this a few weeks ago. Suppose we were told the day and the hour? Then this prophecy was confirmed by early astronomers who found a large asteroid/comet that would one day collide with the earth. How would this knowledge change the life of peopleand history? Would civilizations then number their calendars based on how many years left until doomsday? Would science advance faster in an effort to prevent doomsday or escape it? Would people bother procreating in the last hundred years?

Thank you for allowing me to express the thoughts trap in my eccentric brain.

[HMFIC]

If it comes towards the Earth, we can push Michael Mooreon in front of it. His blubber can cushion the impact!

[flying Elvis]

I suggest we launch two space shuttles filled with quirky yet loveable offshore drillers to save the planet.

[Semper Paratus]

Hope the math done is better than the one that sent a mars probe straight into the ground.

[trebb]

Some would call it "doomsday" and all bets would be off. Others would call it "Judgement Day" and all bets would be off. I would be on the team calling it Judgement Day and cannot truthfully say I know how I would act.

God Bless.

[Diverdogz]

Cool. Friday the 13th.

[El Gran Salseron]

2029?

I couldn't care less. I'll be dead by then.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Or shortly thereafter.

[seams2me]

"three football pitches"

What is a football pitch, and how big is it?

[Brilliant]

This might be a good opportunity to implant an a-bomb onto the asteroid. After it has passed earth, detonate it and make sure that we won't have to worry about it in the future.

It might also be an interesting spectator sport.

[ditto h]

Yeah, remember the Russian ship that made a soft landing on the moon at 500 miles an hour?

[Vaquero]

Football Pitches?

they are obveously confused.....

[lyby]

read later

[Vaquero]

read what later???

hell there are pitches in baseball not football.....

(friggin Kiwi's)

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Football Pitch = Soccer Field

[MHalblaub]

But the Russians didn't mixed up feet and meter. Therefore the NASA impact on Mars was not very smart.

P.S.: I don't trust theirs calculations.

[pageonetoo]

Would people bother procreating in the last hundred years?

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

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8pm until ???, Doomsday
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