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NASA Announce City-Killing Asteroid Could [.026% chance] Hit Earth On May 6, 2022
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| 11/19/2019
| Cameron Frew
Posted on 11/16/2019 2:39:38 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Why is NASA bothering to announce this crap
To: BradyLS
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:28:17 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
There are a whole bunch of ideas on how to divert asteroids, and some of them are quite cheap. So why not send up some inexpensive probes to try out these ideas? Pick asteroids that are not too near Earth and measure what effects it has.
One simple idea is to paint half the asteroid white, called the Yarkovsky effect. The effect results from the fact that asteroids heat up as they bask in the sun’s light. Of course like many of these means, it just moves the asteroid a tiny fraction off course, but over millions of miles that adds up.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:31:56 PM PST
by
yefragetuwrabrumuy
(Liberalism is the belief everyone else should be in treatment for your disorder.)
To: butlerweave
Because even NASA was unable to find a way to make Muslims feel good about themselves.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:32:11 PM PST
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptors)
To: Gideon7
If they put the right English on it as it’s coming in they could still achieve the goal of muslim outreach.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:34:39 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason.)
To: butlerweave
SO much better to let it be a surprise.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:38:18 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:47:09 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: familyop
My only question with these stories is, “How large is it?”I thought size didn't matter.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:49:33 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
To: Robert DeLong
I want it to break in three pieces and hit wherever Soros, Pope Francis, and Obama are at that time.
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:49:47 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
they can’t check the asteroids ID to see if they can buy spray paint
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posted on
11/16/2019 5:52:55 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
To: Stirner
.26 would be close to a 1 in 4 chance. .026 is close to a 1 in 50 chance.
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posted on
11/16/2019 6:22:52 PM PST
by
TBall
To: TBall
.026 would be like a 1 in 38 chance.
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posted on
11/16/2019 6:33:09 PM PST
by
TBall
To: Alas Babylon!
90* descent to my current position, or miss altogether.
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posted on
11/16/2019 6:43:00 PM PST
by
Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: Robert DeLong
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posted on
11/16/2019 6:45:47 PM PST
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Show me the people who own the land, the guns and the money, and I'll show you the people in charge.)
To: Cvengr
Just FYI, Chernobyl=Wormwood.
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posted on
11/16/2019 6:50:19 PM PST
by
Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/16/2019 7:57:47 PM PST
by
NoLibZone
(Only God's or our wrath can save the nation. Voting and posting isn't working.)
To: BradyLS
On the outside chance that it strikes the earth. There’s about a 75% chance that it lands in an ocean.
The article specifically mentions "city killing meteor". So, it wont be landing in the ocean or any water body. It's gotta be a city.
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posted on
11/16/2019 8:02:34 PM PST
by
adorno
To: BenLurkin
If it hits a west coast city it will be doing us a favor.
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posted on
11/16/2019 8:08:20 PM PST
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
To: Some Fat Guy in L.A.
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posted on
11/16/2019 8:39:35 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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