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Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Ripsnort on July 24, 2002, 08:54:31 AM
Asteroid on collision course with Earth:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2147879.stm
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Sandman on July 24, 2002, 09:06:52 AM
Even less... more like 16.7 years.

Don't plan for more than you have time for. :D
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Ozark on July 24, 2002, 09:27:04 AM
That's just great! My mortgage will be paid off in 16.6 years.
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Nifty on July 24, 2002, 09:53:04 AM
hmm, at least we can get in 4 more World Cups!  Maybe the USA can win one before it's ALL over!  :D

hehe, good journalism, Rip!  ;)  you left out potentially from "on collision course"  The one guy said the error right now is on the order of 10's of millions of kilometers.  That's much farther than the one that passed by us not too long ago, isn't it?
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Sandman on July 24, 2002, 09:54:53 AM
It's the alarmist media rubbing off on him. :)

Then again... This is the biggest threat astronomers have ever found.

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Astronomers have given the object a rating on the so-called Palermo technical scale of threat of 0.06, making NT7 the first object to be given a positive value.
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Ripsnort on July 24, 2002, 10:01:42 AM
Its Hollywood! I'm a victim! :eek:
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Nifty on July 24, 2002, 10:06:19 AM
Once again, in the short history of actually looking for threats.  I wonder if they had discovered the one that just past close by years ago (if they were looking and this Palermo scale existed back then) what it would have registered on.  Now I gotta go look up and find how close it actually came.  ;)

edit: ahh, it was estimated at 480,000 km when it passed, but it was much smaller than NT7 (80 m vs 2000m)  :eek:
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Ripsnort on July 24, 2002, 10:10:30 AM
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"Sooner or later -- and no one can really tell us which it will be -- we will find an object that is on a collision course. That is as certain as "Amen" in church. And eventually we will have to deflect an object from its collision course," he said.


From another story detailing the same asteroid...
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Charon on July 24, 2002, 10:11:01 AM
This is one area, that for a minimum outlay of resources we could significantly reduce our chances of extinction. But no one seems to care. Sure the odds are high, but it will happen again, maybe tomorrow, maybe in 10 million years. With my luck...


Charon
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: hawk220 on July 24, 2002, 10:20:16 AM
whew...good thing i kept all my Y2K stuff!
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Ripsnort on July 24, 2002, 10:22:22 AM
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Originally posted by hawk220
whew...good thing i kept all my Y2K stuff!


Better do what I do, rotate that stock every 2 years, or you'll kill yourself! ;)
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: lazs2 on July 24, 2002, 10:43:19 AM
kilometer?   is that a florida measurement?   is it very far?
lazs
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: air_guard on July 24, 2002, 10:55:07 AM


That one we know about is no big deal, we got 17 years to do somthing with it, but the ones we dunnot see is a much more dangerous problem :D

and just in case i convert the money i got for the house 2 years ago into dope and have fun the rest of my life rofl :D
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Sandman on July 29, 2002, 10:51:24 AM
Looks like it's going to miss us this time around...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2158898.stm
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Ripsnort on July 29, 2002, 11:00:27 AM
Cool! However, in 2019 I will still be retired (I hope!) in Montana with my stockpiles of food, water, medicine(good thing the wifes a nurse!) and plenty of ammo! ;)
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: -dead- on July 29, 2002, 11:09:58 AM
Lol! I thought you lived like that now, Rip :D
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Masherbrum on July 29, 2002, 01:26:51 PM
Must be rained out!

Masher
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Ripsnort on July 29, 2002, 01:58:33 PM
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Originally posted by -dead-
Lol! I thought you lived like that now, Rip :D


I do!  After surviving Mt.St.Helens (or rather witnessing it close up!) I always have 1 months supply of food,water and fuel for my generator, I live 25 miles N of Mt.Rainier! :eek:  One can never be prepared enough for a disaster, its not "if"...its "when".
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: SunKing on July 29, 2002, 03:11:27 PM
Someone call Bruce Willis quick! Time to earn that paycheck.
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: rogwar on July 29, 2002, 03:30:31 PM
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
... and plenty of ammo! ;)


You're bringing him with you? For the wife?
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: deSelys on July 29, 2002, 03:44:44 PM
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Cool! However, in 2019 I will still be retired (I hope!) in Montana with my stockpiles of food, water, medicine(good thing the wifes a nurse!) and plenty of ammo! ;)


What kind of ammo would be best against an asteroid? 30 mm mine shells or just the good old .50 cal?
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: midnight Target on July 29, 2002, 04:05:02 PM
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Originally posted by deSelys


What kind of ammo would be best against an asteroid? 30 mm mine shells or just the good old .50 cal?


Couple La7's oughta do the trick!
Title: You got 17 years, plan accordingly
Post by: Morgoth on July 29, 2002, 05:29:26 PM
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Originally posted by deSelys


What kind of ammo would be best against an asteroid? 30 mm mine shells or just the good old .50 cal?


Depends on the asteroid's connect. If it's like several pilots I've seen online there's a good chance it'll warp right thru us.