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NASA warns of an asteroid approaching Earth at 63,000 mph with a chance of impact [or not]
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| Thursday, December 26, 2019 7:28 AM UTC
| By Denise Nequinto
Posted on 12/27/2019 8:25:51 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: hal ogen
Never let a good crisis go to waste................
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posted on
12/27/2019 10:20:59 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
12/27/2019 10:21:48 AM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
To: Red Badger
Some experts have already warned the space agency to take action should the asteroid enter the atmosphere as it can bring on calamities and disasters once it hits.I think I will stock up on duct tape long before it enters the atmosphere, but that's just me.
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posted on
12/27/2019 11:12:13 AM PST
by
sphinx
To: sphinx
If we launched even a small missile and hit it now, we would change its trajectory, even minutely, to where it would be safely out of the way..............
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posted on
12/27/2019 11:14:17 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: Red Badger
Greta will disintegrate it with a hate stare and a stiff, “How dare you!”
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posted on
12/27/2019 11:14:20 AM PST
by
sphinx
To: sphinx
Just the ‘stare’ would do it.....................
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posted on
12/27/2019 11:15:07 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: Red Badger
That sucker would have the energy of 12,400 MegaTons of TNT. That’s gonna leave a mark.
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posted on
12/27/2019 11:54:01 AM PST
by
BuffaloJack
("Security does not exist in nature. Everything has risk." Henry Savage)
To: Red Badger
Some experts have already warned the space agency to take action should the asteroid enter the atmosphere as it can bring on calamities and disasters once it hits. I suspect that once something 1700’ in diameter and going 63,000 mph enters the atmosphere, it may be late to try and do something.
Sheesh, where does the Express get these "experts"? From J-school?
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posted on
12/27/2019 11:58:55 AM PST
by
texas booster
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To: infool7
“185k miles is a darn close shave, for something that big and fast.”
I almost got hit by a tractor trailer the other day. It only missed me by 185k miles! That was a darn close shave, for something that big and fast.
It’s all a question of “perspective”.
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posted on
12/27/2019 12:03:46 PM PST
by
faucetman
(Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
To: Red Badger
The astronomers at NASA revealed that over the course of a few hundred thousand years, asteroids that would measure beyond a kilometer could potentially kill millions
By that time there will be no life left on earth.......
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posted on
12/27/2019 12:04:38 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(Never take a centipede shopping for shoes)
To: texas booster
From J-school?.......................yeah..................
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posted on
12/27/2019 12:12:43 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: Red Badger
Why should we worry about RQ36 when Apophis is arriving (twice) in a few "years" (2029 & 2036), not many, many "decades"?
So... The things we need to worry about, by 2029, are:
- When will RGB die?
- Is Apophis still pissed about our use of the Stargate? and,
- Has moochelle been a good
presidente queen?
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posted on
12/27/2019 12:14:48 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: Red Badger
So what? I am 67 ... with no heirs!
Y’all me-len-i-mums gonna have to worry ‘bout y’alls kids, if they know what “tab a guzinta slot b means!
To: SuperLuminal
Pharaoh.....................
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posted on
12/27/2019 12:20:27 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: Terry L Smith
I’m 65, in 3 weeks.................
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posted on
12/27/2019 12:21:02 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: Red Badger
It won’t be here till 2175 or 2196. If Man is still alive....
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posted on
12/27/2019 12:22:39 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
MAN will be.
Pajama Boy, not so much..................
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posted on
12/27/2019 12:26:25 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
To: Red Badger
2175 or 2196.
If I were still going to be alive I would get a lawn chair a cooler full of beer and a good vantage point.
Best show ever.
To: faucetman
Still might want to keep an eye on it
something like that could wreck your day.
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posted on
12/27/2019 1:11:56 PM PST
by
infool7
(When you have the Lord, nothing else is important and everything is fascinating!)
To: infool7
Naw, It will miss us and just fly close by next week. The only slight problem is it will change our orbit and we will head into the sun.
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posted on
12/27/2019 1:33:54 PM PST
by
oldasrocks
(Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
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