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To: LibWhacker

I’m not exactly sure that a 1 out of 4,550 chance of a hit is a “good chance”.

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ip?2.2e-04

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html


16 posted on 03/03/2012 10:09:09 PM PST by JerseyanExile
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To: JerseyanExile; KevinDavis; SunkenCiv

lol.

In other words the proposed solutions could easily make it more likely to hit Earth.


24 posted on 03/03/2012 10:16:49 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: JerseyanExile

Yes. 16,000 miles is close, but it’s not so close that you’d worry about a hit. It’s well beyond the atmosphere.


73 posted on 03/04/2012 5:53:37 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: JerseyanExile
I’m not exactly sure that a 1 out of 4,550 chance of a hit is a “good chance”.




So you're telling me there's a chance. Yeah!
90 posted on 03/04/2012 11:57:11 AM PST by crosshairs
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