MAYANS can't count

they sure spent alot of your tax dollars to track this thing even put a teliscope at the southpole I wonder how much that cost .

Bloody hell

I doubt the Irish Government spent a brass razoo on it mate.

The Irish government spent a packet.
A gypsy fortune teller told them exactly where the killer comet would strike, the worlds leading pseudoscientists came up with a solution ...the millenium spire.
by placing the spire at the center of impact it will catch the comet on its spike before it hits the earths surface and will thus avert a liffeyside catastrophe.

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Bloody hell

From Wikipedia:

The primary science goal for SPT is to conduct a survey to find several thousand clusters of galaxies, which should allow interesting constraints on the Dark Energy equation of state.

These guys aren't even looking for objects close enough to cause any bother to Earth.

Would be good if you are going to post about science that you do some research first.