jimjack on 23/2/2007 at 17:13
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9748/1066/) http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/9748/1066/
Even if this is real and the potential for impact exists, and the possiblilty does get a mention on the Discovery Science Channel. Scientist should be able to get more accurate prediction if it will hit us. Just that they are not entirely sure.
Apophis was discovered in June 2005. They predicted the odds of hitting earth in 2029 and N.E.O (Near Earth Project programme at NASA) placed it on a 4 out 10 on some sort of a scale. A ten is a certain collision which could cause a global catastrophe.
We need a plan.
It is time to consider placing a Saturn Five onto that rock and send it packing. It's only 450 feet long so we could send it into a trajectory course targeting somewhere else. The worlds biggest non-nuclear bomb!
Or invent some kind of force field around the earth. They need to get onto this.
dj_ivocha on 23/2/2007 at 17:39
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One of the current plans is to send out a spacecraft to intercept the asteroid, and then use the spacecraft’s gravitational pull to shift the asteroid’s course...
Daymn, that must be some big spacecraft that can shift the orbit of the asteroid simply by utilizing its gravitational pull. Oh wait, they probably meant that the spacecraft would be equipped with state of the art antigravity field generators. :D
Matthew on 23/2/2007 at 17:42
I never said it was a good plan.
BEAR on 23/2/2007 at 17:49
There has been speculation about building a huge nuclear weapon for such a purpose, but it was realized it would pose far more of a threat to us than any potential asteroid (1000 megaton iirc).
Also, labratory experiments determined that asteroids can be poreous, meaning that they would absorb a nuclear blast rather than be affected overly by it.
Renzatic on 23/2/2007 at 17:50
Who cares? 2029? I'll be OLD by then! And probably bitter enough to laugh as the younger generations burn to a crisp from hot asteroid justice.
StealthThief on 23/2/2007 at 18:02
Get a life, it's a rock.
jimjack on 23/2/2007 at 18:03
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Who cares? 2029? I'll be
OLD by then! And probably bitter enough to laugh as the younger generations burn to a crisp from hot asteroid justice.
With that kind of attitude I hope a frozen turd from said spacecraft makes sudden impact on your contemptuous head.:mad:
Nameless Voice on 23/2/2007 at 18:08
Oh well, at least now we won't have to worry about the day when DromEd stops working...
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The possibility that an asteroid will strike the Earth on Sunday, April 13 2036...
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Last day you can use DromEd: December 31st, 2037
Renzatic on 23/2/2007 at 18:14
By the time the frozen turn passes through our atmosphere, it won't be frozen anymore. Don't you know your science facts? :mad:
