Almost Daily Doom

[gingerjedi]

NASA

"We always thought the deadline for public knowledge was the publication of next year's budget since we've spent more money than we can account for. That won't happen for two weeks. I don't suppose I could prevail upon you to wait two weeks in the name of national security?" President Beck - Deep Impact

[chef]

Initially, Apophis was thought to have a 2.7 percent chance of impacting Earth in 2029. Additional observations of the asteriod ruled out any possibility of an impact in 2029. However, the asteroid is expected to make a record-setting -- but harmless -- close approach to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, when it comes no closer than 18,300 miles above Earth's surface.

NASA

[DimPrawn]

A smack in the ear by a NEO is far more real than any of this AGW toot.

Aye, we'll spend trillions $$$ on reducing Carbon in a pointless exercise trying to control natural climate variation, whilst cutting budgets on monitoring NEO.

humans.

[HairyArsedBloke]

A smack in the ear by a NEO is far more real than any of this AGW toot.

[Mich the Tester]

My tactic was always to just spin the little spacecraft around and keep my finger on the 'fire' button. Use the thruster sparingly as it's likely to send you hurtling into an asteroid, and once you're moving it's almost impossible to stop. Oh, and avoid the wormholes that dump you in another random part of the screen.

[DimPrawn]

Earth survives rare close encounter with two large asteroids - Telegraph

Anyone paying into a pension that pays out after April 13th, 2029 is wasting their money.