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.
If it comes towards the Earth, we can push Michael Mooreon in front of it. His blubber can cushion the impact!
I suggest we launch two space shuttles filled with quirky yet loveable offshore drillers to save the planet.
Hope the math done is better than the one that sent a mars probe straight into the ground.
Cool. Friday the 13th.
2029?
I couldn't care less. I'll be dead by then.
"three football pitches"
What is a football pitch, and how big is it?
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.
Football Pitches?
they are obveously confused.....
There are many things that could destroy the earth or at least civilization as we know it. There are asteroids, nuclear weapons, plagues, wars, volcanoes, atmospheric destabilization and massive economic collapse. Spend you time on this earth living, laughing and loving, because you can't control tomorrow. Stand always for what is right and just, and let God handle the rest. A person, or country, can be prudent and as prepared as possible for disasters, but so much of fate is beyond our knowing./p>
Before 2029 let's strip mine that rock until only dust remains! Anybody know the probable makeup? If its a carbonaceous-chondrite like most near-Earth asteroids it should have enough water and hydrocarbons in it to power a thousand Mars missions. If its a nickel-iron asteroid we hit the jackpot with hundreds of tons of platinum group metals not to mention the billion tons of steel we can make. Its not a hazard..its a gift.
WERE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!!!!!!
Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, that's the same day Social Security becomes insolvent, right?
Thank you for posting this article.
The real problem here is that it is assumed that between now and the asteroids arrival inside our solar system, the asteroid will be on an UNINTERRUPTED path.
That is like stating that the Eagles will win the SUPERBOWL in 2029 because they have a good team right now.
I'm not worried. I'm sure Bill Belichick will figure out a way to keep us all safe from harm's way.
WWBBD
What Would Bill Belichick Do?