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| Grandmaster Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Hamilton County
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| Now There Really Is An Asteroid To Be Concerned About Remember this thread, from a few days ago? Nothing much to worry about there. Now comes news that there IS an asteroid to be somewhat concerned about. Best thing is that it's a good few years off. Bad news is that some of us will be too damned old to do much if it did hit us. Yeah, 2040 seems like a long way off. Here's hoping it threads the keyhole or that the science Johnnies figure out how to kill off a football stadium sized killer rock. Asteroid 2011 AG5: a football-stadium-sized rock to watch carefully | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine |
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| Eat your heart out, BunnyKid! ![]() Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: At the edge of sanity
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| Not to worry, plans for the destruction of Earth to make way for an interstellar bypass have been on file for quite a while. The Vogon's are just doing their jobs.... ![]()
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| What, you're not comfortable leaving the survival of our planet to a government agency using equipment supplied by the lowest bidders?
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| But if it hits the earth and we gain mass, we'll pull the moon down from increased gravity. Now, if the moon lands in a desert in Arizona, everyone will say it was faked.
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| This is a more accurate statement of my position: Humanity's long term survival is too important to trust to government. The planet will get along just fine with or without us.
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| Eat your heart out, BunnyKid! ![]() Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: At the edge of sanity
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