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U.N. Urged to Take Action Against Killer Asteroids
FoxNews.com ^
| Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Posted on 11/26/2008 11:30:52 AM PST by Joiseydude
VIENNA, Austria It is disaster planning on a galactic scale: Space experts want to come up with a contingency plan on what to do in case a killer asteroid collides with Earth.
The experts, including former American astronaut Rusty Schweickart, told U.N. officials Tuesday that the international community needs a plan to counter so-called Near Earth Objects in advance of the potential catastrophe.
Deflecting asteroids or at least evacuating people in areas where they might strike could save millions of lives.
"This is a natural disaster, which is larger, potentially, than any other natural disaster we know of," Schweickart said. "However, it is preventable ... that's a very important thing to keep in mind. But it is our responsibility to take action to do that."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
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To: Joiseydude
Calling Harry Stamper...
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:40:49 AM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
(Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
To: Hegemony Cricket
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:41:33 AM PST
by
NCC-1701
(DRILL NOW. DRILL OFTEN. DRILL 24/7/365. PAY LESS. SUCK THE GROUND DRY.)
To: Joiseydude
Asteroids are demanding a $500 gazillion dollar bailout. Why not?
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:41:34 AM PST
by
Frantzie
To: Joiseydude
Space experts want to come up with a contingency plan on what to do in case a killer asteroid collides with Earth. I'd rather the contingency plan focus on what to do before a killer asteroid collides with Earth.
Who in the hell is editing this $hit?
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:44:26 AM PST
by
Night Hides Not
(Don't blame me...I voted for Palin!)
To: NCC-1701
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:45:01 AM PST
by
wally_bert
(Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair! Star Wreck In The Pirkinning......)
To: Joiseydude
They want the UN to control it, but the US to man it and pay the lion’s share of it. Sorry, any killer satellites in space should be aiming downwards towards NK, Iran, tribal villages of Pakistan, Venezuela, and of course, whales.
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:45:30 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspell)
To: Joiseydude
They want the UN to control it, but the US to man it and pay the lion’s share of it. Sorry, any killer satellites in space should be aiming downwards towards NK, Iran, tribal villages of Pakistan, Venezuela, and of course, whales.
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:45:40 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspell)
To: Joiseydude
lets hope the one that gets through is small enough to just destroy 1 small city and lets pray that it hits that particular city right after the inauguration.
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:46:23 AM PST
by
Vaquero
("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: Michael Barnes
No worries: B.O. will talk to the asteroid....
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:47:00 AM PST
by
zadox
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Reagan)
To: Joiseydude
All galatic problems can be best solved by a macho guy with a hot spaceship and a hot babe.
I doubt the UN could find any of those.
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:48:32 AM PST
by
mrsmith
To: Joiseydude
This will never result in any UN action for the simple reasons that:
A) You can't extort payoffs from a space rock.
B) Diverting an asteroid might save Israel.
C) It is impossible to subvert a free asteroid into a commie dictatorship.
D) No AIDS victims on asteroid.
To: Joiseydude
These UN a-holes would do better to work on eliminating killer hemmorroids.
To: Joiseydude
Just tell the UN that there are Venusian women in refugee camps on the asteroid and their "peacekeepers" will be right on top of them...er, it... right on top of it.
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:57:06 AM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(11/4: The revolutionary socialists beat the Fabian ones. Where can we find a capitalist party?)
To: Joiseydude
Quick, create a new world tax.
Then find yet another reason to tax the world.
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posted on
11/26/2008 11:58:29 AM PST
by
MaxMax
(I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
To: Joiseydude
You know, there is some stuff you just can’t plan for.
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posted on
11/26/2008 12:02:03 PM PST
by
TheGeezer
(There are no denials about UFOs landing in Brooklyn! There must be a coverup!!!!)
To: Joiseydude
Send UN troops up their, so they can rape and pillage those asteriod womens. They are UNecessary.
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posted on
11/26/2008 12:05:30 PM PST
by
FrankR
(Where's Waldo ([W]here [A]re [L]egal [D]ocuments [O]bama? (i.e. birth certificate))
To: Joiseydude
It wil be very, very expensive, but if it saves just one planet....
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posted on
11/26/2008 1:19:09 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
To: Joiseydude
File this under “Ways to Waste Money on a Grand Scale.”
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posted on
11/26/2008 2:25:36 PM PST
by
IronJack
(=)
To: Joiseydude
Hot fudge sundae falls on Tuesday this year.
To: Joiseydude
Geez, the UN can't even figure out how to respond to genocide in some third world countries here on Earth.
And Obama democrats will just claim that the asteroids are misunderstood victims and we should hold hand with them around the campfire and sing Kum-by-ya..
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