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Originally Posted by borked
ok, so wait a minute - nasa said we had a 1:45,000 chance of being splatted and whiped out...
AND NOBODY BATTED AN EYLID???
and people play the lotto in the hope of becoming rich????
1:45000 chance the human race is whiped out, and it only becomes news cos some teen whip says it's more like 1:450....
No matter which one is right, they are still fucking risky odds of wiping out everything!!
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The asteroid will be closer to earth on its initial pass than some of our satellites. I guess the major concern is what will happen after the Sun's gravity whips it back in our direction for its return pass.
Two headlines from Discovery Channel News:
Don't Be Subtle, Nuke That Asteroid : Discovery News -
LINK. Another Good Reason Not to Shoot Nukes at Asteroids : Discovery News -
LINK
I hope nobody here actually gets their space science news from a cable TV network not named
NASA.
A near Earth object passed between the Earth and the Moon last night, btw. It wasn't very big. No boom. No worries.