Posted on 10/08/2013 7:50:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin
60 Minutes news program ran a segment entitled "Dangerous game of 'cosmic roulette'?" This segment highlighted the NASA program aimed at finding and tracking asteroids whose orbits cross Earth's thus placing them on a collision course with us. The NASA administrators at first bragged about how they knew with confidence about 95% of all the "major" threats to our planet and were currently tracking these threats. These administrators were clearly trying to convey to the public an attitude of "don't worry, we have it all under control."
Yet as with most statements by government bureaucrats the devil is in the details. The "major" threats were defined as asteroids large enough to destroy all life on Earth. Thus asteroids large enough to merely wipe out a continent and destroy "life as we know it" were simply not being tracked yet. And asteroids large enough to wipe out a major metropolitan area were also not being tracked. And meteors the size of the one that blew up over Russia earlier this year were also not being tracked. And when confronted on these facts the NASA administrators were forced to concede the point that we could get hit tomorrow by a devastating asteroid without any warning whatsoever.
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My guess: A sizable pelting of debris for a decade or so, then intermittent strikes for the next several hundred years.
Thank you.
He did promise he will not flood the earth again but in the book of revelations it does speak about the world will not end by flood but by fire coming from the sky.
Oh, you’re in for a treat. In his youth he was a student of Socrates and he writes of his lessons. The Republic is also good read. The Cave is a good short story.
Thanks for the tip. If I’ve been good enough maybe Santa will see fit to gift them. I think I have a good chance because I believe coal is going to be expensive this winter. :)
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