Human extinction by 2036!?

[MidGe]

We will have Apophis to thank for it.

It seems that the treat is taken seriously enough!

[yukoncpa]

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We will have Apophis to thank for it.

It seems that the treat is taken seriously enough

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Hiya Midge,
Well I'm glad to see that scientists can spot these meteors so early. I always thought that with the huge volume of meteors out there that such a task would be very difficult.

[purnell]

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The first on Friday April 13 2029 will see the asteroid pass within an uncomfortable 30,000 kilometers. However, it is the second pass seven years later that have scientists worried. They're not sure whether the first pass will see Earth's gravity drag Apophis into a direct impact trajectory in 2036.



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...so even if we don't completely destroy ourselves with WMDs or environmental poisoning, nature is standing by, ready to finish the job. Nice.

[whiskeytown]

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We will have Apophis to thank for it.

It seems that the treat is taken seriously enough!

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inneresting - would like to see if it really happens or if it's just an excuse to dump billions into more military programs - they were putting out estimates that it'd hit us in 2004 to something as low as 1 in 50 - which in astronomical terms, is as close as you'd ever see it get - it got revised several times and now I think we're looking at 1/45000 according to info posted online

wonder if I'll be around by then? - I'd always assumed I'd be killed as an enemy of the state by then [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Know what scares the hell out of me though? -- massive colonies of Honeybees dying off mysteriously for no reason - you lose those, and you've lost humanity in about 3 years, they figure - growers have resorted to having to cart in hives of bees from all over to get the pollenation done -

rb

[DCopper04]

I'll bet anyone my entire bankroll that we're still here in 2036.

[alphatmw]

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I'll bet anyone my entire bankroll that we're still here in 2036.

[/ QUOTE ]so i can choose between dying in 2036 or living and being broke? hmmmmm PM me for details plz.

[FortunaMaximus]

Never bring a pebble to a rock fight.

250m rock small? Yeah, start worrying when Phobos makes a beeline for us then.

Shotgun on the first slow boat to the Oorts, please.

Eh. Whether it's this rock or one later on, it happens. I found Y2K fearmongering hilarious. Betting with 30 more years I'll be mildly amused in '36.

Assuming I don't meet Orpheus' fate by then.

[DCopper04]

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I'll bet anyone my entire bankroll that we're still here in 2036.

[/ QUOTE ]so i can choose between dying in 2036 or living and being broke? hmmmmm PM me for details plz.

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This is the first time I can say I've actually "leveled" someone on this forum.

[MidGe]

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I'll bet anyone my entire bankroll that we're still here in 2036.

[/ QUOTE ]so i can choose between dying in 2036 or living and being broke? hmmmmm PM me for details plz.

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This is the first time I can say I've actually "leveled" someone on this forum.

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Yep, it looks like a loose-loose position for you [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[chezlaw]

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Another suggestion, is to deflect the asteroid's course using the weak gravitational field of a spacecraft hovering nearby.

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Sounds like a must see movie, maybe I can star as the gravitational mass.

chez