Report: U.S. doing little about asteroids

VonHesse · 01-23-10, 12:19 AM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35013963...science-space/

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The United States is doing little to defend the planet against potentially devastating asteroids

Ok, so maybe there are some reasonable points in the article, but that headline cracked me up.

I mean come on, asteroids? Now we're supposed to defend the planet against freakin' asteroids too?

01-23-10, 12:22 AM

Is France complaining again?
(Couldn't resist it):

breadcatcher101 · 01-23-10, 12:32 AM

Well, we're a little busy with Haiti at the moment, maybe tomorrow.

GoldenRivet · 01-23-10, 01:13 AM

yeah really.

what makes it the responsibility of the USA?

August · 01-23-10, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

yeah really.

what makes it the responsibility of the USA?

Specifically George Bush.

Blacklight · 01-23-10, 02:35 AM

Last I heard, pretty much NO country was doing much about asteroids.

01-23-10, 04:01 AM

Apparently the Russians are a little concerned http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...1230-lk0u.html , though with the rock being called Apophis I'd be a little more worried about finding a Stargate

VonHesse · 01-23-10, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

yeah really.

what makes it the responsibility of the USA?

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Originally Posted by Blacklight

Last I heard, pretty much NO country was doing much about asteroids.

Those two points are what makes the statement that we don't do enough seem rediculous to me. How come the U.S. is supposed to just "defend the planet"?

It gets weirder, though. That quote no longer exists. I went back to re-read the story and it had changed, even the title which was the same as this thread. The first sentence that I quoted now reads....

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The United States must do more to safeguard Earth against destruction by an asteroid than merely prepping nuclear missiles

Um, what? As far as I know any plans to divert an asteroid by nuclear means are purely hypothetical thought exercises.

That statement is even more rediculous than the last, yet someone went to the trouble to change it....

I'm a bit speechless to be honest.

Letum · 01-23-10, 06:34 AM

The US's lack of action here is nothing compared to the minute efforts
Romania is making to deal with a solar supa-nova.

antikristuseke · 01-23-10, 06:53 AM

Right, one more piece of useless information filed into storage. Right now, the odds of being able to do anything about an asteroid coming to hit us are at first slim to pudding.

UnderseaLcpl · 01-23-10, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Letum

The US's lack of action here is nothing compared to the minute efforts
Romania is making to deal with a solar supa-nova.

I'm pretty sure Romania was delegated the task of preventing the worldwide ****-storm that will erupt if SH5 isn't up to par

Fortunately, I have a plan to prevent asteroids from colliding with the Earth. I just need a few million of you to donate a few hundred dollars apiece so I can produce my new documentary on the dangers of asteroids and how we can all help called "A Vexatious Verisimilitude".

I'm sure that once the word is out everyone will adopt my earth-saving steps to reduce gravity footprint, thereby reducing the chance of a catastrophic collision. Remember, it's for our children

=FI=Ghost · 01-23-10, 08:25 AM

In my humble opinion, it is in our best interest (and when I say "our" I mean, us citizens of the planet Earth) that the governments of those countries capable of producing a solution to this problem, do as much as possible to come up with one.

USA's space program is by far the most advanced on Earth, so I guess it's only logical to assume that they should be leading this program of developing a defense against these kinds of threats from space. Together with ESA and Russia they are our only line of defense, because like it or not, asteroids are real, and one will, sooner or later, cross it's path with Earth.

SteamWake · 01-23-10, 08:48 AM

Heh.. the title cracked me up...

and when is someone going to do something about those black hole thingys ?!

01-23-10, 10:08 AM

So its basicly just NASA asking for more funding.

Anyway I though Bruce Willis was on the job of saving the planet from armageddon by asteriod. They had suggested keeping Morgan Freeman on the job but he wasn't as good at avoiding catastrophe as Willis

Letum · 01-23-10, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

and when is someone going to do something about those black hole thingys ?!

I notice that Germany's budget for tackling super-massive black-holes
that threaten Earth is almost non-existent. All Germans should hang their
heads in shame at their governments incompetence in this matter.

Don't they know that if earth was swallowed into a super-massive
black-hole it could result in mass homelessness and structural damage
to any number of buildings.

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	yeah really. what makes it the responsibility of the USA? __________________

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Blacklight Ocean Warrior Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,507 Downloads: 145 Uploads: 0	Last I heard, pretty much NO country was doing much about asteroids. __________________ Be my friend or be a mushroom cloud. "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes !"

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Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	The US's lack of action here is nothing compared to the minute efforts Romania is making to deal with a solar supa-nova. __________________

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=FI=Ghost Gunner Join Date: May 2009 Location: Temerin, Serbia/Günzburg, Germany. Posts: 99 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	In my humble opinion, it is in our best interest (and when I say "our" I mean, us citizens of the planet Earth) that the governments of those countries capable of producing a solution to this problem, do as much as possible to come up with one. USA's space program is by far the most advanced on Earth, so I guess it's only logical to assume that they should be leading this program of developing a defense against these kinds of threats from space. Together with ESA and Russia they are our only line of defense, because like it or not, asteroids are real, and one will, sooner or later, cross it's path with Earth. __________________ Bury me at sea where no murdered ghosts can haunt me, if I rock upon the waves then no corpse can lay upon me.

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Heh.. the title cracked me up... and when is someone going to do something about those black hole thingys ?! __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

01-23-10, 12:22 AM	#2
Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Is France complaining again? (Couldn't resist it):

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breadcatcher101 Captain Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southeastern USA Posts: 546 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Well, we're a little busy with Haiti at the moment, maybe tomorrow.

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darius359au Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Apparently the Russians are a little concerned http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...1230-lk0u.html , though with the rock being called Apophis I'd be a little more worried about finding a Stargate

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Right, one more piece of useless information filed into storage. Right now, the odds of being able to do anything about an asteroid coming to hit us are at first slim to pudding.

01-23-10, 10:08 AM	#14
Tribesman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	So its basicly just NASA asking for more funding. Anyway I though Bruce Willis was on the job of saving the planet from armageddon by asteriod. They had suggested keeping Morgan Freeman on the job but he wasn't as good at avoiding catastrophe as Willis