[blam]

Catastrophism ping.

[headsonpikes]

Bush's fault.

[ConorMacNessa]

I'll sleep much better now, thank you!

[tet68]

The odds of an Earth impact by Apophis in 2036 have now been reduced from 1 in 5500 to 1 in 24,000,

Oh, I know that makes ME feel so much better.....

[John Jorsett]

That's a relief. Bruce Willis will be really old by 2036.

[Cyber Liberty]

We have to wait until 2013 to find out? The suspense is killing me.

[RightWhale]

The odds of collision are the same. Nobody has done anything to change the odds. We are no safer than we were. Now, if we really want to change the odds we need to actually do something such as put some hardware out in space so we can change the momentum vector. But, doing anything these days seems to take Congress and several $ billion and a declaration of human rights violations and investigations of charges of bribery and racism.

[fhlh]

Rove! Get that "Asteroid Destroys Earth" machine fixed... STAT!

[Redcloak]

I thought that it was Anubis who chucked the asteroid at us; not Apophis.

[mtbopfuyn]

Whew, that brought the blood pressure down. Don't forget to ping us all again in 30 years.

[LibWhacker]

They found its speed was 6 millimetres per second different than what they had expected. "It's just a small correction in the orbit that propagates forward in time enough to reduce the probability of impact,"

Wow! If the doctor tells you the bullet missed your heart by 6 millimeters, d'ya feel lucky?

[Williams]

Many of these asteroids are never spotted until they have just missed us. A prominent astronomer (forget the name, the one a few comets are named after) said he is convinced that if we are hit, we won't see it coming until the asteroid has slipped into the atmosphere.

[cripplecreek]

They found its speed was 6 millimetres per second different than what they had expected.

Orbital physics IS an exact science.

[SamAdams76]

I think the moon is what we really need to worry about. The moon is like a giant cue ball and someday an asteroid is going to strike it and send it right into the planet earth and sink us into the corner pocket of space. We can only hope that the asteroid puts too much English on the moon cue ball, causing it to veer into Mercury or Venus instead, or maybe even scratch entirely.

[fwdude]

This tragedy can be averted through some Deep Thinking:

The big, huge meteor headed toward Earth. Could nothing stop it? Maybe Bob could. He was suddenly on top of the meteor - through some kind of a space warp or something. "Go, Bob, go!" yelled one of the generals. "Give me that" said the big-guy general as he took the microphone away. "Listen, Bob," he said. "you've got to steer that meteor away from Earth." "Yes, but how?" thought Bob. Then he got an idea. Right next to him there was a steering wheel sticking out of the meteor. --Jack Handey

[Screamname]

Is there any possible way we could alter it`s course so it crashes dead on right on top of the New York times building?

[P.O.E.]

The apotheosis of Apophis?

http://touregypt.net/godsofegypt/apep.htm

http://touregypt.net/featurestories/apep.htm

[InterceptPoint]

What these so called "scientists" are forgetting is the impact of space-time warping systems that will surely be developed in the near future. These systems will totally screw up their calculations. Fortunately we will just warp these little devils out of orbit and crash them into Mars or Venus or some other fun target.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam. I think we've got one, but lemme look...

Nope, I guess not. I think I just posted the 'fo in that old Apophis topic (From before it got the name).

[Billthedrill]

Well, mebbe. But I'm still gonna carry my umbrella that day.