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Astronomers Set Up Killer Asteroid Task Force
Fox News ^
| Thursday, August 17, 2006
| AP
Posted on 08/17/2006 8:48:55 AM PDT by Nice50BMG
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Astronomers are stepping up the global effort to scan the skies for "near-Earth objects": asteroids and comets on a potential collision course with the planet and big enough to pack a deadly punch.
The International Astronomical Union said Thursday it has set up a special task force to broaden and sharpen its focus on impact threats.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: asteroids; endofdays; iau; space
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Where's Wormwood? (Revelations 8:7-12)
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:48:58 AM PDT
by
Nice50BMG
To: Nice50BMG
Personally, I'm more worried about the a-bomb.
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:49:54 AM PDT
by
Brilliant
To: Nice50BMG
One if by land, two if by sea...
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:50:08 AM PDT
by
Buck W.
(If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.)
To: Nice50BMG
We haven't a new Killer Asteroid thread for weeks. Well, at least a week.
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:50:31 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: RightWhale
It's not gonna matter at this point anyway. If there really is a killer asteroid I plan on sitting by the lake in the lawn chair to watch the end of mankind.
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:52:39 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?)
To: Nice50BMG
My grandpa had asteroids.
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:52:45 AM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Just opened a new seafood restaurant in Great Britain, called "Squid Pro Quid")
To: Nice50BMG
Man, that's a KILLER task force!!
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:53:45 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(This kid knows how to wallop a baseball!!!!!!)
To: JRios1968
I'm sure they'll be hard at work on Tuesday ...
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:54:47 AM PDT
by
RubyCosmos
(I once frightened Tony Almeida by dressing as a Hogwarts student.)
To: RubyCosmos
I gather Mondays will be sloooow days for them...
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:55:39 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
(This kid knows how to wallop a baseball!!!!!!)
To: cripplecreek
...I wonder what will evolve (Oops!) in our stead?
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:57:01 AM PDT
by
aligncare
(In warfare, the only moral stance is to win.)
To: cripplecreek
Voyager 1 is 100 AU from the sun this week. Amazing it got all the way out there without getting hit by some of those many and proliferating killer asteroids.
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:57:43 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: Nice50BMG
Have they set up a web site to accept donations yet?
Are they submitting forms for international grants?
Are they asking for billionaire endowments?
How are they going to get the word out without major finacial backing? This worries me.
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:58:02 AM PDT
by
GreenAccord
(I just spell-checked MOONBAT. Shouldn't that be in the FR lexicon as a valid word?)
To: Nice50BMG
How much is this gonna cost me?
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:58:25 AM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Nice50BMG
"Task Force" = A group that will employ scaremongering in an effort to obtain funding from the federal government to keep its group members employed.
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posted on
08/17/2006 8:59:48 AM PDT
by
kidd
To: RightWhale
You don't think there are any earth crossing orbit asteroids left? If humankind can detect and divert such a killer impact, don't you think we ought to try to accomplish it?
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posted on
08/17/2006 9:01:40 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
To: RightWhale
...but there was a probe nearby to witness the comet Schumaker-Levy 9 plunge into Jupitor. What a sight. Imagine. The first time in history man has witnessed that. And we have pictures.
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posted on
08/17/2006 9:02:27 AM PDT
by
aligncare
(In warfare, the only moral stance is to win.)
To: Nice50BMG
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posted on
08/17/2006 9:04:03 AM PDT
by
Andy from Beaverton
(I only vote Republican to stop the Democrats)
To: aligncare
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posted on
08/17/2006 9:08:22 AM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Nice50BMG
Astronomers Set Up Killer Asteroid Task ForceTo do WHAT? Scream "look out, look out"?
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posted on
08/17/2006 9:08:43 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: MHGinTN
I think, and have long said on FR, we ought to capture such an asteroid. Perhaps put it into earth orbit, smash it into the moon, or put it into the L4 or L5 point. Whatever it is made of will come in handy some day.
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posted on
08/17/2006 9:09:37 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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