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Scientists almost didn't detect approach of 'city-killer asteroid'
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| 7:45 am CDT, Friday, July 26, 2019
| Allyson Chiu
Posted on 07/26/2019 6:30:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
"It should worry us all quite frankly," he said. "It's not a Hollywood movie. It is a clear and present danger."These things are not clear and present danger -- if they were we'd see cities all over the world that had been hit over the past thousand years.
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posted on
07/26/2019 6:58:51 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(The black community has created hellholes in many of our older beautiful cities. Shame on them.)
To: dinodino
Where would the energy come from to accelerate a rock to a significant percentage of c?
No Clue.
But then, there are a lot of things we have no clue about but they still happen. That’s why we had to invent dark matter. :D
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posted on
07/26/2019 6:59:44 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
To: Red Badger
Worry if you must, but the idea we could do anything about it, is nonsense.
No, nuclear intercepts or "steering" are NOT options!
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posted on
07/26/2019 7:10:05 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: null and void; dangus
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posted on
07/26/2019 7:12:09 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: cuban leaf
A golfball going 90% the speed of light would probably have enough energy to vaporize the Earth completely/instantly.
However it wouldn’t leave much room for a novel.
To: G Larry
Nope, once you’ve seen it, it’s too late!........................
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posted on
07/26/2019 7:43:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
To: crusher2013
Not if there’s a slice involved!
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posted on
07/26/2019 7:46:17 AM PDT
by
ealgeone
To: cuban leaf
“you could travel through every point in the universe - even if it is infinite - in a single moment in time.”
Putting aside all the major problems with a man traveling the speed of light ... the observable universe is estimated to be 93 billion light years across. So there’s that.
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
This asteroid is the universe just asking us: “so, how’s that space program coming along?”
To: plain talk
“you could travel through every point in the universe - even if it is infinite - in a single moment in time.”
To: Red Badger
He’ll never know what hit him.
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posted on
07/26/2019 8:41:51 AM PDT
by
bgill
To: Red Badger
Sharks in the ocean don’t hurt you? The author should go swimming more around New Smyrna beach in Florida. There are on average 30 shark attacks annually in Florida. Besides hasn’t the author ever seen sharknado?
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posted on
07/26/2019 10:16:49 AM PDT
by
from occupied ga
(Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
To: Red Badger
Asteroid 2019 OK will be back in 2024, and repeat an approach every 5 to 10 years.
To: 75thOVI; Abathar; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AnalogReigns; AndrewC; aragorn; ...
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07/27/2019 10:22:13 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: cuban leaf
When time stops for you, there is s no way to press the off button, put on the brakes or do anything that takes time to do. So, once you have reached light speed there is no slowing down.
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