[thefactor]

bush's fault. but only if it hits us.

should be a nice little show. i'll be in my 60's so i'll be ready to go if need be.

[sageb1]

Wasn't there some talk fairly recently about trying to hit an asteroid with something hard enough to hit it off course?

[taxesareforever]

I'm really going to worry that it could blow up my grave.

[Gothmog]

Hitting on Halloween? Maybe its the ghosts of ancestors returning

[CharlesWayneCT]

Gee. If there is a 1 in 40,000 chance of it hitting earth, that means there's a one in 40,000 chance of each person being killed. With 6 billion people, the chances of at least ONE of us being killed by this asteroid is pretty much certain.


:-)

[Dallas59]

At 81 would I care?

[kinoxi]

Still not panicking? Good.

Whew!

[DB]

What are the chances of hitting the moon?

3100 miles is less than half the diameter of the earth. That's close.

It is hard to believe they can calculate its projected path that accurately.

[fish hawk]

We're in deep doo doo. Bruce Willis will be too old to get us out of this one.

[Slings and Arrows]

[MaxMax]

The real question is,
where will the moon be at this specific point of impact?

The moon has protected the Earth for over 2-Billion years, "YET"
nobody ever mentions the moon as it's own gravity force.

The moon causes earthquakes and all kinds of ocean occurrences
around the globe. Yet, no mention at all.

Take note Viro-Wackos.

[zarf]

I'll probably be hacking up a lung or worried about leakage by then.

[Lancey Howard]

I hope I'm around for this.
I have a feeling, though, that by then we will have some pretty powerful particle beam weapons strong enough to detonate any threatening asteroid long before it got close. Heck, we might have that kind of weaponry in space already considering we developed atomic bombs over 60 years ago in the bronze age of technology.

[texas booster]

1 in 40,000 chance the asteroid will hit us.

1 in 4 chance that a movie will soon be released that an asteroid will hit us.

1 in 1 chance that a movie will be rushed into production if the asteroid really will hit us, or if enviroweenies can find a way to blame the resulting global warming or global cooling on Bush because of it.

[Waco]

Remember, if it's a big rock, fixin to hit some big city: ya gotta take it out, but if it's a missile(s). let er come on in. Show em we're peaceful. (And stupid.)

[Ol' Sox]

A half-mile across and 3,100 miles from impact? Sounds like it would make a dandy orbital platform. I wonder how we could slow it down enough to keep it?

[BallyBill]

By 2041 Global Warming will melt the sun, so who is worried about some rock?

[Red Badger]

Halloween?.........Apropos.....

[KoRn]

Dammit! I'll be almost ready to get my socialist security checks and an asteroid is going to hit!

If it really comes as close as 3,100 miles it could explode just by being very hot. It could be an event like Tunguska Siberia in 1908. If it is over a populated area, there would be unimaginable death and destruction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

[JimRed]

Sounds like a good one for target practice.