If Bruce Willis is still depending on not 1 but 2 simultaneous Space Shuttle launches, he may want to re-think that plan.
Seriously, there was another thread on us sending an 800 ton hammer to split a comet into pieces ,so we could analyse it's contents.
I noticed someone mentioned that we need to be concerned and make efforts to prepare for a potential meteor(ite) crash.
I think many haven't noticed that we are well into this curve.
NEAR stations have been funded,built and are being used, all over the planet.
Our government, as well an others around the world, have built underground facilities to move a secondary government to in case of this event, or others.
I think that the possibility of a meteor getting close enough to Earth and all or part of it entering the atmosphere and inhabited regions incurring significant damage is being taken very seriously , but being very quietly handled.
The comet in question is being mentioned because it is one we are tracking. Those can be mentioned. What is not usually mentioned are the ones we do not have a track on. We had one of those come by very near to Earth, and it was a total surprise.
Matter of fact, the guys that perform the real task that you saw in ARMEGEDDON (notifying the President of an EARTH STRIKE), were just about to call the President. They couldn't get accurate coordinates on the comet due to weather. Thankfully, the weather cleared enough and a determination was made that it would miss us by a million or two miles. POINT : It was this | | close to the President being notified, and was totally unexpected.
One could say LIFE imitates ART. How closely is the scary part.