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SteamWake
11-11-09, 01:05 PM
Asteroid near miss last fiday ! :o

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1226672/Asteroid-scrapes-past-Earth-just-8-700miles-away--15-hours-warning.html
GoldenRivet
11-11-09, 01:23 PM
got lucky this time... of course it was only "23 feet across and wouldnt have dented the surface [of the earth]"
Oberon
11-11-09, 01:25 PM
Diddy one but still enough to ruin someones day in the wrong place if it didn't manage to completely burn up.
Aramike
11-11-09, 05:29 PM
Meh, these types of asteroids fly closely a few times per year, IIRC.

But hey - if it had actually hit, it would have been Bush's fault!
nikimcbee
11-11-09, 10:40 PM
Meh, these types of asteroids fly closely a few times per year, IIRC.

But hey - if it had actually hit, it would have been Bush's fault!

:haha:
I'd love to hear the spin on that. You know msnbc would have a team working on that:haha:
Reaves
11-11-09, 11:11 PM
:haha:
I'd love to hear the spin on that. You know msnbc would have a team working on that:haha:

What spin? If he didn't waste so much money there would be an anti-asteroid department ready to launch countermeasures at them.

PLUS he installed a giant ASTEROID MAGNET in Boston so he could start an inter-galactic war in China.

Michael Moore said it so it must be true!
Fr8monkey
11-11-09, 11:32 PM
Fox news would have reported that the asteroid strike was because God doesnt like Universal Health Care.
Torplexed
11-11-09, 11:51 PM
The asteroid near miss is probably just part of the viral advertising campaign for Hollywood's latest piece of space junk....

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DTkvrpXE1-s/SdYZRiGDqvI/AAAAAAAAABY/766gwl5Yew4/s400/2012+Movie+Poster.jpg
Castout
11-12-09, 01:30 AM
The asteroid near miss is probably just part of the viral advertising campaign for Hollywood's latest piece of space junk....

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DTkvrpXE1-s/SdYZRiGDqvI/AAAAAAAAABY/766gwl5Yew4/s400/2012+Movie+Poster.jpg

Ssshhh it's a systematic global fraud most population are stupid, ignorant and timid. It has got to be exploited to the max :D
August
11-12-09, 02:37 AM
What spin? If he didn't waste so much money there would be an anti-asteroid department ready to launch countermeasures at them.

PLUS he installed a giant ASTEROID MAGNET in Boston so he could start an inter-galactic war in China.

Michael Moore said it so it must be true!

Nah. For a good lie to work it has to be plausable. :DL

Like this:

"Bush's tax cuts kept Congress from fully funding the Asteroid Defense Initiative.
bookworm_020
11-12-09, 07:51 AM
Can we send Bruce Willis up with a nuclear weapon an explode it. It may not damage the asteroid, but it will get rid of Bruce Willis!:DL
HunterICX
11-12-09, 08:24 AM
Can we send Bruce Willis up with a nuclear weapon an explode it. It may not damage the asteroid, but it will get rid of Bruce Willis!:DL

I rather get rid of Ben Affleck :D

HunterICX
Task Force
11-12-09, 09:47 AM
wow a asteroid almost side swiped us... sounds like the streets here.:rotfl2:
Weiss Pinguin
11-12-09, 11:30 AM
I rather get rid of Ben Affleck :D

HunterICX
Michael Bay :yeah:
August
11-12-09, 11:38 AM
I rather get rid of Ben Affleck :D

HunterICX

Yeah, Liv Tyler is way to good for him.
TLAM Strike
11-12-09, 03:42 PM
got lucky this time... of course it was only "23 feet across and wouldnt have dented the surface [of the earth]"

"Size matters not..." to quote a Jedi Master, Its the mass thats the killer. And as mass increases with velocity, you got to really worry about ones traveling ultra fast.

Its called Robisons 1st law...
http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3a.html

So if a few grams of stray Neutronum smack in to Earth at .001c good bye.
SteamWake
11-12-09, 03:47 PM
Also the composition of the asteroid.

Some are just like a big foamy brick, kind of like lava rock. Not much substance and kind of light.

Others are quite dense indeed like solid nickle or iron. ;)