The Russians will save us.

2010-01-01 12:01:12

#26

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5644|London, England

mr.hrundi wrote:
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see anyone else doing anything about that asteroid. Even if the chance that an impact happens is very small, why not try it? The least it will bring is evidence if pushing an asteroid out of it's way is even possible right now or not. Could be useful later, who knows.

Murphy's Law states that they will knock the asteroid onto a collision path with Earth.

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2010-01-01 13:04:20

#27

lowing: Banned; +1,662|6938|USA

JohnG@lt wrote:
mr.hrundi wrote:
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see anyone else doing anything about that asteroid. Even if the chance that an impact happens is very small, why not try it? The least it will bring is evidence if pushing an asteroid out of it's way is even possible right now or not. Could be useful later, who knows.
Murphy's Law states that they will knock the asteroid onto a collision path with Earth.

Maybe not, they may not settle for the lowest bidder in building their damn devices like the US does.

2010-01-01 13:17:30

#28

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6907|London, England

That asteroid is about 270 meters across, yeah it might cause a big bang, but hardly a doomsday asteroid. 270 meters is nothing on an Earth scale. Let alone the fact that all 270 meters of it won't be there/intact by the time it does hit the surface.

Then you get the media having artistic renditions of the event showing an asteroid the size of the moon crashing into the earth and shit.

2010-01-01 16:22:27

#29

menzo: ̏̏̏̏̏̏̏̏&#; +616|6732|Amsterdam‫

Mekstizzle wrote:
That asteroid is about 270 meters across, yeah it might cause a big bang, but hardly a doomsday asteroid. 270 meters is nothing on an Earth scale. Let alone the fact that all 270 meters of it won't be there/intact by the time it does hit the surface.

Then you get the media having artistic renditions of the event showing an asteroid the size of the moon crashing into the earth and shit.

uh it can create a desert the size of France.

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2010-01-01 18:19:25

#30

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6961|Canberra, AUS

menzo wrote:
Mekstizzle wrote:
That asteroid is about 270 meters across, yeah it might cause a big bang, but hardly a doomsday asteroid. 270 meters is nothing on an Earth scale. Let alone the fact that all 270 meters of it won't be there/intact by the time it does hit the surface.

Then you get the media having artistic renditions of the event showing an asteroid the size of the moon crashing into the earth and shit.
uh it can create a desert the size of France.

That hits the Atlantic, it wipes out the entire Eastern coast of the US and South America, a big chunk of Europe and Africa. That's not a good sign. If it hits land, that's one continent gone bye-bye and lots of damage everywhere else. Seriously, you do not want a 270m asteroid to hit earth.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-01-01 18:23:27

#31

Surgeons: U shud proabbly f off u fat prik; +3,097|6776|Gogledd Cymru

Like the us have never had any fatal accidents either?

2010-01-01 18:24:38

#32

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6961|Canberra, AUS

The Sheriff wrote:
Like the us have never had any fatal accidents either?

true but the system for dealing with such accidents is much more transparent and thus much more trustworthy.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-01-01 18:24:57

#33

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6750|cuntshitlake

lowing wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
mr.hrundi wrote:
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't see anyone else doing anything about that asteroid. Even if the chance that an impact happens is very small, why not try it? The least it will bring is evidence if pushing an asteroid out of it's way is even possible right now or not. Could be useful later, who knows.
Murphy's Law states that they will knock the asteroid onto a collision path with Earth.
Maybe not, they may not settle for the lowest bidder in building their damn devices like the US does.

Russians only have the lowest bidder

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2010-01-01 19:01:45

#34

BVC: Member; +325|6982

Why are the russians so concerned? They've worked out that its going to hit Moscow.

But seriously, they think something is going to hit earth, so they're doing something about it - good on them.

2010-01-01 19:24:58

#35

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6867|the dank(super) side of Oregon

Pubic wrote:
Why are the russians so concerned? They've worked out that its going to hit Moscow.

But seriously, they think something is going to hit earth, so they're doing something about it - good on them.

except it's not gunna hit earth. there is no upside. if they want to play around with an asteroid, they should pick one that doesn't come close to earth.

2010-01-01 21:07:31

#36

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6961|Canberra, AUS

Reciprocity wrote:
Pubic wrote:
Why are the russians so concerned? They've worked out that its going to hit Moscow.

But seriously, they think something is going to hit earth, so they're doing something about it - good on them.
except it's not gunna hit earth. there is no upside. if they want to play around with an asteroid, they should pick one that doesn't come close to earth.

It will come closer to earth than some satellites.

That's waaaaaaaaaay too close.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-01-01 21:47:16

#37

ROGUEDD: BF2s. A Liberal Gang of Faggots.; +452|5675|Fuck this.

Any of you ever heard of the Tunguska event? An asteroid (or other space object) of only a few tens of meters exploded over northern Russia. The blast was equivalent to about 15 megatons. And it didn't even hit earth. What do you think a 270m asteroid would do if it impacted? Whether science has ruled out an impact any time soon is irrelevant. Science has been wrong before.

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2010-01-01 21:47:42

#38

Chou: Member; +737|7077

NASA had put the chances that Apophis could hit Earth in 2036 as 1-in-45,000. In October, after researchers recalculated the asteroid's path, the agency changed its estimate to 1-in-250,000.

Am I the only one thinking that Apophis could hit another obstacle in the mean time and shatter into pieces or what the fuck is going here?

2010-01-02 01:27:47

#39

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6961|Canberra, AUS

Chou wrote:
NASA had put the chances that Apophis could hit Earth in 2036 as 1-in-45,000. In October, after researchers recalculated the asteroid's path, the agency changed its estimate to 1-in-250,000.
Am I the only one thinking that Apophis could hit another obstacle in the mean time and shatter into pieces or what the fuck is going here?

that's so unlikely it would blow your mind. space is a staggeringly empty place. that it comes within 40 000km of earth at all (which is about how close it's predicted to get)... that, to copy a phrase of someone's, is like a bullet passing through your shirt and not touching your skin.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-01-02 01:28:52

#40

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6961|Canberra, AUS

ROGUEDD wrote:
Any of you ever heard of the Tunguska event? An asteroid (or other space object) of only a few tens of meters exploded over northern Russia. The blast was equivalent to about 15 megatons. And it didn't even hit earth. What do you think a 270m asteroid would do if it impacted? Whether science has ruled out an impact any time soon is irrelevant. Science has been wrong before.

yes but only science will prove science wrong, not paranoid conspiracy theories.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-01-02 07:22:34

#41

Commie Killer: Member; +192|6673

Spark wrote:
Chou wrote:
NASA had put the chances that Apophis could hit Earth in 2036 as 1-in-45,000. In October, after researchers recalculated the asteroid's path, the agency changed its estimate to 1-in-250,000.
Am I the only one thinking that Apophis could hit another obstacle in the mean time and shatter into pieces or what the fuck is going here?
that's so unlikely it would blow your mind. space is a staggeringly empty place. that it comes within 40 000km of earth at all (which is about how close it's predicted to get)... that, to copy a phrase of someone's, is like a bullet passing through your shirt and not touching your skin.

Closer to a bullet just missing the tip of your finger if your holding your arm straight out.

2010-01-02 15:45:53

#42

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6887|132 and Bush

Save us from what? Why don't they start contributing to the real tracking of NEO's?

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2010-01-02 18:19:38

#43

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6961|Canberra, AUS

Kmarion wrote:
Save us from what? Why don't they start contributing to the real tracking of NEO's?

That would be very useful.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-01-02 20:34:38

#44

Reciprocity: Member; +721|6867|the dank(super) side of Oregon

Kmarion wrote:
Save us from what? Why don't they start contributing to the real tracking of NEO's?

I'd rather they didn't. they'd just turn it into another absurd pissing match.

2010-01-03 00:27:14

#45

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6961|Canberra, AUS

Reciprocity wrote:
Kmarion wrote:
Save us from what? Why don't they start contributing to the real tracking of NEO's?
I'd rather they didn't. they'd just turn it into another absurd pissing match.

I'd rather they would. Your fuck-off-Russia attitude really isn't helpful, when you have a country the size of Russia and with their tracking abilities, given how few NEOs we are tracking we need all the help we can get. Because right now the chances are we won't know an asteroid is coming until it's way too late.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2010-01-03 12:42:38

#46

Reddhedd: trolawlawl; +188|6732|EE Chat

h4hagen wrote:
I lived in Kalamazoo for 3 years. True story.

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2010-01-03 12:52:30

#47

NooBesT: Pizzahitler; +873|6755

ROGUEDD wrote:
Cybargs wrote:
ROGUEDD wrote:
You call sputnik half-assed?
That is just ONE thing that wasn't half assed. The rest is half assed.
So the Russian military, which has yet to be defeated when they weren't trying to invade someone, is half-assed? So their entire space program is half-assed? Point out three things of Russian origin that are half-assed, please. Cause the only things I can think of were the invasions of Finland and Afghanistan.

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2010-01-03 13:02:44

#48

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6757

Mekstizzle wrote:
That asteroid is about 270 meters across, yeah it might cause a big bang, but hardly a doomsday asteroid. 270 meters is nothing on an Earth scale. Let alone the fact that all 270 meters of it won't be there/intact by the time it does hit the surface.

Then you get the media having artistic renditions of the event showing an asteroid the size of the moon crashing into the earth and shit.

clueless D&ST poster of the year award

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2010-01-03 13:08:27

#49

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6907|London, England

So I'm guessing nobody actually read what I wrote then

2010-01-03 13:14:42

#50

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6757

a wiped out continental seaboard or a massive loss of life is as close to a 'doomsday' event as any media are gonna get hold of

sure it's not total extinction but there are very few realistic scenarios in which total life-extinction is a probable outcome.

basically the theoretical impact of a >250m asteroid is enough to warrant sensationalism and media bullshit

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