The Official Planetary DOOM thread

[DaveB]

And from the Further Info link in the document

Planetary Defense Conference Exercise - 2017

The 2017 PDC Hypothetical Asteroid Impact Scenario, Day 2: November 30, 2018

[DimPrawn]

And from the Further Info link in the document

Planetary Defense Conference Exercise - 2017

You have to excuse AtW, he is, how can I put this politely...a bit thick.

[Eirikur]

Exercise only

The document says exercise only on almost every page

[greenlake]

[OwlHoot]

Press Conference: Nov. 30, 2018
Asteroid’s Chance of Earth Impact in 2027 Now 96%

https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/pd/cs/pdc...2-Briefing.pdf

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <------ from NASA.GOV!



Found it by accident - was checking if 13 bits of space will be enough to keep dates (which worked out until 2028), now I can reserve extra bit for other data

Relax, it'll only hit China or somewhere round there!

The possible impact locations are confined to a region stretching from China, across North and South Korea, Japan, and into the Pacific

[Hobosapien]

Relax, it'll only hit China or somewhere round there!

Nope. The asteroid will be deflected by a millionth of a degree when it collides with Musk's Tesla, changing the impact location to Silicon Valley. Karma's a bitch.