Posted on 06/30/2015 5:08:46 AM PDT by Old Sarge
Scientists and spacefliers will be focusing attention on near-Earth objects when the first-ever Asteroid Day plays out on Tuesday — not so much to raise money, but to raise awareness about the potential threat from above and what to do about it.
That last part is the hard part, says Tom Jones, a planetary scientist and former NASA astronaut who's an adviser for Asteroid Day. He told NBC News that the biggest consciousness-raiser hit us two years ago, in the form of a nuclear-scale meteor blast that shook the Russian city of Chelyabinsk.
"That was a crystallizing event for people who hadn't been paying attention to the asteroid threat," Jones said. "Chelyabinsk isn't in the news cycle anymore, but I don't think the public has lost sight of the idea that we are repeatedly struck by asteroids."
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Thre is some VERY intriguing data available at the link, although the first half of the article is puffy-stuff about what celebrities and glitterati are involved.
Note how they discuss elaborate sci-fi quality countermeasures to avoiding an asteroid strike, with the knowledge NONE of them will be ready prior to 2018.
Comments are as always welcome.
PING for interest.
Incoming
Judging by the conditions and direction of things on earth, the asteroid is late.
Perhaps lining up for just the right impact point.....
....it would be better as a natural swamp again...
Rev. 8:8-12
Will Nasa be celebrating Ramadan then?
Weeeeellllll, since they already have a rock at the Kaaba, the precedent is there...
For many years I have been waiting for MY asteroid, you know, the one that nails Washington DC during the State of the Union Address. ;-D
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