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- shaun1018, on 10/12/2007, -4/+255Triple exclamation marks... must be important.
- Iknockstuffdown, on 10/12/2007, -5/+84Don't worry, Bruce Willis will save us.
- TheWorm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+75Whatever that's in like....22 years. That's like...an eternity. By then we'll have laserz n ***** man.
- revenge7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+60I think that movie was less for physics majors, and more for middle aged woman that really don't know any better.
- lakush, on 10/12/2007, -8/+59The epic sequel starring Bruce Willis and Ben Assfleck. Summer '29.
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+38http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=99942
Set the date for April 12th, 2029. Looks like it'll be a fun day! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -7/+44As a physics major, that movie kind of made me want to padlock Bruce Willis into a portable toilet and set it on fire.
- snoonan77, on 10/12/2007, -2/+38I'm glad it's a really goo. If it was made or rocks or iron or something, I'd be freaking out right now.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+40Yes, because it's paranoid to believe in the *absolute certainty* that the Earth will eventually be struck by a massive piece of space debris. Because that could never happen. Except for millions of times in the Earth's history.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+37Armageddonouttahere
- sock2828, on 10/12/2007, -8/+30That is really goo
- Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Superpotential: Sounds like a morbid solution for overpopulation.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18This site - http://spaceweather.com - does a great compilation of near-Earth asteroids.
There's a more informative, but less scrutable, version here - http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/Dangerous.html - tektalk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18President: We didn't see this thing coming?
Dan: Well, our object collison budget's about a million dollars. That allows us to track about 3% of the sky, and beg'n your pardon sir, but it's a big-ass sky. - gcnaddict, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22The one in 2029 will miss (but it'll be close enough that it'll fly below our communications satellites and probably even hit a few). It's the next flyby from the same asteroid where we might not be as lucky. Same day, 2038.
Saw that on a 20/20 documentary on our Last Days on Earth. - thelastdyingday, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23there goes the neighborhood.
- Vision2098, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20That's a really goo.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -9/+26ok, so let's say it hits earth
65% chance it'll hit an ocean
15% chance it'll hit an area uninhabited by humans
both will trigger natural disasters, but not ones that will directly kill all humans by the impact alone. personally, i think our species' best defense against an asteroid is canned and frozen food. stock it all up, and although life will be miserable, perhaps we can last without the sun for a year or two. the only question is, can we actually stock enough canned food for all the third-world countries' people, too? - BushidoReverend, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Not sure if anyone took the time to notice, but uh...
April 13, 2029 also happens to be Friday the 13th.
Just thought I would point that out. - grantgorgen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16in that orbital simulation ( http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/db?name=99942 ) set the date to April 13th 1843 and rewind a few hours.... now THAT is close
0.0022 Astronomical Units = 204,503 miles - lilmoonee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18i dont wanna close my eyes...(queue ben affleck, liv tyler, and the animal crakers)
- moman, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19oh and there goes another neighborhood
< /obligatory_futurama_quote episode="anthology of interest 1" > - pubb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11"Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. *****, my friend. It's a near hit! A collision is a near miss" - George Carlin
- jmoh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11When you read such articles like these, it makes you wonder, Why the hell are we doing anything OTHER than planning viable options in order to protect this rock we live on?!! This is some serious *****, its time we prove that we ARE better than dinosaurs, and finally justfy that we got what it takes to survive. LETS GO OPPOSABLE THUMBS!
- jspegele, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10woooot, grab some beers and party like it's 2029!!
- drmangrum, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12@pshycotic
Thats poetic and all, but it's also complete *****. Animals act out of malice all the time. Ever see a cat play with it's food? Ever seen the lions in Africa kill cubs from other sires? Go watch a documentary on hyenas and baboons one day. Chimpanzees have mean streaks in them as well. Humans were not the first animal to create strife for the sake of it, we just do it better. - mbup, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14PsychoticClown: You take the lead!
- crashflow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9then the asteroids misses, so Fat Tony drops by your house and breaks both your legs.
by the way, I didn't mean anything about calling him Fat Tony. Its just his name, you know...hope he understands, no disrespect. - Poovey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Don't worry. Global warming will cause it to burn up in the atmosphere. I'll eat beans and fart more to strengthen our atmosphere. Please everybody else do your part.
- dogsouljah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9We ***** all over this planet, kill many wonderful and sometimes intelligent species to extinction, have wholesale slaughtered members of our own species because they belong to a different "tribe" (race, religion, whatever) and the overwhelming majority of us still worship some imaginary being, something we have being doing since we stared at the moon, lightning and stars like awe-struck children.
But we are still so amazing. A perfectly evolved being (for its environment), who has in the blink of an eye compared to the age of this planet, gone from picking up the first tool, to having tools that need no human interaction. We have an evolved moral sense and are capable of so many good acts. Art, music, literature, science - all amazing products from a curious and intelligent species who still has some evolving to do on some fronts, but who has the potential for so much more.
Anyway, the arguement is moot. Theres nothing like an incoming asteroid for improving world relations and cooperation and 20 years is a very long time in the technology evolution timescale. - Egoist, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13Wow, just kill yourself already. If you're that depressed and cannot see any good in the world, do yourself a favor and walk in front of a bus. If you can't manage that, at least get some psychiatric help.
- nandabanaotakun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Wasn't that Anubis?
- HunterTV, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"Whatever that's in like....22 years. That's like...an eternity. By then we'll have laserz n ***** man."
Yeah totally man. I'm in yr orbitz, lazerin' yr asteroidz. - Bender1012, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8We just need all the robots to go to the isolated Galapagos Islands and vent their exhaust ports up into the air at the same time, thus pushing the earth out of the trajectory of the asteroid.
- Bahimiron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Actually, field zoologists are finding more and more instances of primates using weapons and going to 'war'.
They've found dolphin 'gangs' that will actively seek out sharks and attack them for no reason.
Your beef isn't with humanity. It's with higher intelligence. Frankly, if we hadn't gotten to where we are first, it's a safe bet that eventually the Empire of Cetecea would have gone to war with the Cetecean Confederacy and been dropping whale nukes on one another's floating coral cities. - fatfinger, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11A Huge Asteroid is coming! We need weapons in space! Never forget 2029.
- look4alec, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Animal crackers are not to be used till ***** gets REAL serious. They are the final line of defense.
- spyd3rweb, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7 /r/ MOAR liv tyler getting naked
- acrowe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@xtmno3
no he also saves us from terrorists and bank robbers and supervillans ;) - gcnaddict, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6You're going nowhere if that rock blows up and turns into a rocksalt blast out of an interstellar shotgun. Boy, we'll all have lots of fun then, won't we?
- lordsteve, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Apophis, eh? . . .
Call me a nerd, but I bet anything they named it after the Stargate SG-1 episode where Apophis, the Goa'uld, sent a huge friggin asteroid toward earth to try and destroy it. - Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Anubis sent the asteroid (in the episode), but the asteroid (in real life) is named after that Goa'uld that just would. not. die.
Till he crashed into a huge honkin' planet in his huge honkin' Ha'tak. (woot alliteration) - Kahnza, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8We already have lots of ideas on how to deflect an asteroid. It'll probably be a piece of cake in 22 years.
- briguymaine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5April 12, that's my wife's birthday! no gift that year.
- banderbe, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I think human beings are the most wonderful, divine species to ever walk the Earth.
What other living thing has the capacity for love, compassion, trust, understanding, thoughtfulness, generosity, selflessness, etc., etc.
Sure, we have bad traits too but your statement is simply wrong on so many levels. - Procure, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Isn't a 'near miss' a hit?
- Deranged, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5*cut to civilians scrambling in city from Godzilla*
- Phyltre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4No, we have TWO--it takes one to see one.
Wait... - NiGHTSChao, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5And if you buy this 'Safe-room' now, you won't have any interest until 2030!
- monergism, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5May too!
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