To avert a new apocalypse – this time set for February 2013 – scientists suggest confronting asteroid 2012 DA14 with either paint, or big guns. The tough part of either scheme is that time has long run out to build a spaceship for any operation. NASA confirms the 60-meter (197-feet) asteroid, spotted by Spanish stargazers in February, has a good chance of colliding with Earth in eleven months. The rock's closest approach to the planet is scheduled for February 15, 2013, when the distance between the planet and space wanderer will be under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is lower than the geosynchronous orbit kept by the Google Maps satellite.
Saturday, March 03, 2012
We're all gonna die!
Blast it or paint it: Deadly asteroid bounds towards Earth out of the blue
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At least if that happens, we can't be killed by a drone strike sent by President-for-Life Obama using the authority he claimed today through AG Holder's speech. At least if we die in an asteroid strike, the event will have some meaning.
- the ready-to-go dinosaur
Just think... we may become fuel for the humanoids' cars of tomorrow...
Human-level intelligence is rare enough even among humans. The likelihood of its evolving a second time on the same planet in the same universe is bound to be close to 0.
Yugo too far...
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