U.N. urged to take action on asteroid threat!

[AFA]

Anyway, here's an ABC news link on the asteroid, (Apophis), threat;
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=2885820&page=1

Wikipedia;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

Artists rendition of a clear day circa 2036

What would happen if you stuck a 10 megaton thermonuclear bomb at the center of an asteroid that might otherwise collide with the Earth? A simulation run by Mark Boslough of Sandia National Labs.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=e4HCTcQ-IWA

 

[D-rock]

Get Tom Cruise to do it...strap a nuke on him, and push the button...that way we'll get 2 pain in the asses outta the way in 1 go.

That's too much glory for him to go out on. I say we send him on the next long-range probe out of the solar system. That way aliens will have something to study if they ever find it. I'm sure he will appreciate the irony of it all.

 

[AFA]

I'll be 58...old enough to die I suppose!

Not if you're 57! :jester:

 

[calpoon]

this article was a total tease. first of all civilization is most likely not even going to be around in 2036. secondly, those odds are absurd. every atseroid that has a 1 in 50,000 chance of hitting earth makes the threat list.. but since there are nowhere near 50,000 of them, the odds are that not even a single one of them will hit. and the damage figure is calculated at worst in destroying a small town. If that happens, yeah it sucks for you residents of BFE, but that's hardly an end of the world scenario. I was hoping for a classic rhino anti-nasa post, but I guess I'll have to take it from here. let me just say Fuck technology, i'll keep my pocket change.

 

[alexios]

We're going to defeat an asteroid...and we can't even implement sanctions on Iran...oh yeah, this will definitely work.