Posted on 03/25/2011 9:39:33 AM PDT by TaraP
Since it’s flying so close to Earth wouldn’t this be a good training exercise to intercept it with two space shuttles, land, drill a hole to 800’ and load it with a nuke. Just in case the real thing happens in the future?
Oh, wait, the Shuttles are retired, never mind.
About 1400 feet in diameter...We all better hope this is a miss as that would be *massive* impact.
Now all the Leftists can rejoice that America will be destroyed.
The environuts, 350.org, and VHEMT must be beside themselves with joy.
When I look at that logo I see the Lombardi Trophy and the Green Bay Packers “G”. Coincidence? I think not . . .
Fireworks heralded their day.
Returned have eight to prepare the way.
Blue light from beyond sets the course,
as death retreats before Michael's presence.
He'll walk and talk with all those that wish,
Oh what a joy this age will be.
Well heck, a mile isn’t very far!! ;)
Oh gosh, maybe I need to get a bigger lens and a better tripod!
A billion MRE’s will only feed a billion people one meal each.
They must think that only a few million people will survive whatever they are prepping for.
Oh, and I just used a Nikon D60.
My guess is it’s the 12th Imam inbound ...
The article said “C” type which probably means carbonaceous chondrite. Many of the near Earth objects appear to be burned out comet nuclei. With their high carbon content, they have an albedo darker than a lump of coal
That means we cannot see them easily especially with optical telescopes.
Many of the comets break up into multiple objects.
So it is possible that this asteroid has companions that we cannot easily see.
One of these days a big rock with our name on it is coming this way.
Be prepared.
This should be reassuring...someone who calculated that or made the computer simulation of its approach graduated from one of our schools.
Or better yet, they were home schooled and can walk on water.
The shuttles struggle to get 400 miles up, about the distance from WDC to Boston.
Given ten years in a crash program and a few billion dolars, they could maybe make mods to allow a shuttle to reach geosync orbit, about 29,000 miles.
Reaching out to 180,000 mi is half the battle, being able to maneuver and match velocities with something going 10,000 kpm is another. We do not have the capabilities to do that and I think it would take us a long long time to develop.
Apollo was simpler, an orbit-to-orbit mission. Twelve years from Sputnik to the Moon. They did not have to catch up to a rock then slow down to match speed, then re-accelerate to come home, and decel when they get back.
There is a novel, “Titan”, by Steven Baxter, in which NASA took a shuttle and modded it for an orbit-to-orbit mission to Titan. The whole project took decades iirc, and was pretty plausible. They cobbled everything together from available stuff and came up with a one-way mission, it was the last space mission ever from Earth.
Nice pics,by the way.
Oh gosh, I assumed it was some term of which I was totally unlearned! Drat you got me! :)
In what way, be prepared? Well, other than being right with God?
A well prepared person can survive an ELE (Extinction Level Event).
The usual: Water source (multiple wells), food for several years, underground bunker (expedient bunker would be built of logs like a military field fortification), organized group, arms to defend the group, and, very important, a way to filter the air. After the KT Impact some researchers hypothesize that the average air temperature went to over 400F because of the soot layer they found. Almost everything that could burn did.
For a large impact expect:
1. Bombardment by ejecta, i.e., hot rocks raining down worldwide.
2. Shockwaves equivalent to mag 20+ earthquakes. The planet is gonna ring like a bell. You should be strapped into your bunks with padding all around to prevent blunt trauma.
3. Hot, possibly poisonous atmosphere. I suggest pumping outside air in through a pipe cooled by groundwater (from that well I mentioned above). By sparging the cooled air through water you can remove nitrous oxides, sulfides, cyanides, and other dangerous pollutants. You may need something alkaline in the water to neutralize the acids, e.g., drywall powdered. Your shelter should be over 10 feet underground to escape the heat. Deeper is better.
4. Several years of darkness from the dust and volcanic activity. Your group will need food, livestock, hay, seed, transportation, fuel, spare parts, etc.
5. Temp extremes. From hundreds of degrees right after impact to subzero during the darkness to much higher temps from all the methane hydrate and CO2 released (we are talking orders of magnitude beyond the alleged effect of AGW).
6. Icecaps will melt; seas will rise, then fall as they re-freeze.
Don’t fret; the Earth recovered from the last ELE. Volcanic ash is great for growing plants and high CO2 will make everything grow faster.
Survival is not impossible. Alligators, birds, small mammals, etc. survived the last ELE. Humans are a lot smarter and tougher than most think.
What are people going to do about an ELE? Stand on the beach and wait for a really big wave?
If there is warning I will be organizing the survival of my family, friends, and anyone else who wants to pitch in and help.
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