[sodpoodle]

***Current meteor forecast models project a strong Draconid outburst, possibly a full-blown storm, on Oct. 8, 2011***

Thank you God (After Nov. 2010 and before Nov. 2012)

[SoldierDad]

Bush’s Fault. (couldn’t resist)

[COBOL2Java]

Obama’ll get right on it! As long as it doesn’t interfere with tee time. Or parties. Or ice cream trips...

[Rebelbase]

October 8th, 2011 is a Saturday, might have to make a trip out to the Outer Banks for this one.

[DBrow]

A curious non-story. Lots of interesting details, but to the best of my recollection, NASA evaluates all of the annual showers, and there are quite a few, especially when you add in the radar/radio daytime showers.

Is this part of the USA’s getting out of space exploration?

[Trteamer]

” an international conference on minor bodies in the solar system held May 24-28 in Breckenridge, Colo. The conference was sponsored in part by NorthWest Research Associates/CoRADivision, NASA, Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research.
“

Our tax money being spent on expensive accommadations. More buearacrat waste.....

[bgill]

Don’t worry, Malia, your daddy will stop the meteor shower.

[Moonman62]

And while no spacecraft electrical problems were reported during the strong Draconid outbursts of 1985 and 1998, he said that the lack of past anomalies should not be taken as carte blanche for satellite operators to ignore in 2011.

In other words, it's probably no big deal.

[Cvengr]

Thanks for posting

[eclecticEel]

Now will we stop driving our SUV’s?

[bigheadfred]

There's also an awful lot of windage in there too," Cooke added.

They have wind in space? Or does he mean he is just talking out his a$$?

[JRandomFreeper]

would take the right steps to mitigate the risk,

Like passing out Bibles and providing legal aid for last will and testaments, I assume.

What else are they going to do? That's a big honking target and the aluminum on a beer can is thicker.

I suppose they could present it ass-on toward the shower and reduce the cross section, but gathering everyone at the far end for a prayer meeting seems just as effective.

/johnny

[Dallas59]

Are Muslims going to be safe????

[Charles Martel]

I hope the ISS has a jumbo can of Fix-A-Flat on board.

[Errant]

NASA may have become too politicized to function in an unbiased and scientific manner. Maybe it should stand down until America is restored.

[dr_who]

Damn! Jusht when NAShA's funding'sh been cut. This ish sherrious.

[Pajama Blogger]

I blame the Daleks