Tin Hats

[Moose423956]

Now where did I put that mass driver?

I'm sure it's around here somewhere...

Maybe it's under the dilithium crystals.

Where's Captain James T Kirk when you need him?

[wim121]

Yep. Coronation Street with the recent tram crash showed us that it is acceptable behaviour to both 'off' pestulant people and rob the local offie at times of crisis.

Indeed and if its on TV, it must be true


But in all seriousness, a large meteor strike would destroy modern civilisation ......

[PAH]

I cant wait for an apocalypse such as a metroid strike. I can kill my neighbours and people I dont like in the mayhem ...

Yep. Coronation Street with the recent tram crash showed us that it is acceptable behaviour to both 'off' pestulant people and rob the local offie at times of crisis.

[wim121]

All it takes is a slight wobble in the earths orbit ....

Quickly .... everybody go to china and jump up and down .....

I cant wait for an apocalypse such as a metroid strike. I can kill my neighbours and people I dont like in the mayhem ...

[EternalOptimist]

Seven thousand five hundred metres is indeed close

I think the OP meant miles, not metres
(being old he was probbly in school before all this decimalisation and metricalisation nonsense)

[hyperD]

Nice, although in that zoomed in view it seems as if the asteroid's path is almost perpendicular to the ecliptic, coming from nowhere and disappearing into the void. A more zoomed out view is also illuminating, as it shows that the asteroid is an earth companion, travelling in roughly the same plane and orbit as the earth and at roughly the same speed. But if so does raise the question why it's not been seen before and when we are likely to get another close encounter.

It would be great if it hit the moon, or could be captured.

Great view - looking at it that way you can see the chances of an asteroid hitting the earth are like a hundred, thousand, million chances in o.^%4$

<transmission ended>

[TimberWolf]

Some nifty animated gifs of the goings on here

Nice, although in that zoomed in view it seems as if the asteroid's path is almost perpendicular to the ecliptic, coming from nowhere and disappearing into the void. A more zoomed out view is also illuminating, as it shows that the asteroid is an earth companion, travelling in roughly the same plane and orbit as the earth and at roughly the same speed. But if so does raise the question why it's not been seen before and when we are likely to get another close encounter.

It would be great if it hit the moon, or could be captured.

[doodab]

Some nifty animated gifs of the goings on here

[NickFitz]

there is an asteroid on its way. On monday, it will pass within 7500 m of the earth

thats close.

Seven thousand five hundred metres is indeed close

Luckily, it's only the size of two or three double-decker buses. So it'll be like the usual Monday morning scenario of several objects having the dimensions of a bus zooming past without stopping

[norrahe]

<slopes off down the garden with a shovel>

*looks in local paper for properties with their own Nuclear bunkers*

[Zippy]

<slopes off down the garden with a shovel>

[norrahe]

[EternalOptimist]

Dont forget guys


there is an asteroid on its way. On monday, it will pass within 7500 m of the earth

thats close.


Scientists have predicted that if it gets deflected, and lands in Liverpool , Englandland, it could cause up to 1 billion pounds worth of improvements