Posted on 12/27/2023 10:57:30 AM PST by Red Badger
A very interesting space mission that is at the same time kind of frightening:
A NASA spacecraft that recently returned from deep space has been relaunched for a mission to study the "God of Chaos" asteroid as it begins to near Earth's orbit.
The agency's spacecraft OSIRIS-REx — now named the OSIRIS-APEX — has been sent off to study the asteroid Apophis' extremely close flyby of Earth in 2029, the likes of which "hasn't happened since the dawn of recorded history," NASA announced.
Oh really, an asteroid is making an "extremely close flyby" of our fragile planet in 5ish years? Excuse me for a second.
Thankfully, scientists don't expect it to, you know, crash into our surface:
Apophis, also known as the "God of Chaos," is expected to fly by Earth on April 13, 2029 from about only 20,000 miles away — closer than some manmade satellites and could even be visible in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Community Notes over on X is less than helpful:
"No chance... for at least a century."
How comforting!
My great-great-grandkid getting ready to sacrifice himself to blow the asteroid to kingdom come:
If the rock were to crash into our planet, it could create serious problems. The asteroid is estimated to be "around 370 yards across," or over 1,000 feet. Note that one of the most well-documented catastrophic asteroid incidents in human history — the Tunguska event of 1908 — is estimated to have been caused by a rock about 200 feet in size. And when it exploded in central Russia, it did this:
So I don't think any of us are too keen on having a 1,000-foot asteroid blow up above us!
The mission to the asteroid will explore "how its surface changes" as it nears Earth; the spacecraft will also "go within 16 feet of the rock's surface so it can fire its thrusters downward to see what it is stirred up."
We’re all gonna die Ping!..................
Named after our 46th president.
(on April 13, 2029)
Sooooo....it will save the Earth 🌎🌍 from having to look at St. Greta and Al Gore having a frowny face in 2030?
Kewl......
That’ll be during the third Biden administration. By then I won’t care.
44th.........
46th is Puppet of Chaos
Sweet meteor of death 2029!
Tip:
Don’t look up...................
(That’ll be during the third Biden administration.)
The first Biden series had rubber skin.
The T-800 has a fully armored combat chassis.
By 2029 they should have the shape shifting liquid T-1000 model out
Still incapable of communicating a coherent sentence or finding its way off of a stage though
Going that near to Earth is going to alter its orbit. I hope they factored that into the equation.
It will approach Earth, Greta will say, “How dare you,” then it will change course and fly away.
Neither will he!
That requires Rocket Surgery.....................
So we are going to secure the earth, but we cannot protect our US border.
“Going that near to Earth is going to alter its orbit. I hope they factored that into the equation.”
It could bounce off something on the way in too. Like the moon.
A fun orbital ballet to get all three bodies to converge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESj18xz_b2s&t=117s
The linked article is a bit misleading. They didn’t land and re-launch the spacecraft, rather it dropped off its sample from Bennu a few months ago and has been dispatched on this new mission with remaining fuel.
Sounds like Book of Revelation type event.
Wormwood..........................
Apophis, also known as the “God of Chaos,” is expected to fly by Earth on April 13, 2029
Right on the doorstep of Agenda 2030 (The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development) - the template for “transforming our world.” We surrender our identity, our individualism, for collectivism on steroids - for the good of “the people and the planet.”
https://www.worldhistory.org/Apophis/
One of the most popular literary motifs of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt was order vs. chaos which can be seen in a number of the most famous works.
It is not surprising, therefore, to find the Apophis myth emerging during this period because it epitomizes this motif. The gods, the forces of order, enlist the aid of humanity to defend light against darkness and life against death; in essence, to maintain duality and individuality against unity and collectivity.
The personality of an individual was highly valued in Egyptian culture. All the gods were depicted with their own characters and even lesser deities and spirits had their own distinct personalities. The autobiographies inscribed on stelae and tombs was to ensure that the person buried there, that specific individual and their accomplishments, would never be forgotten. Apophis, then, represented everything the Egyptians feared: darkness, oblivion, and the loss of one's identity.
Our priorities are so messed up.
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