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Opening Of New N.E.O. Center

Posted by timothy on from the bruce-willis-will-be-on-hand dept.

dasheiff writes: "A BBC News article announces Britain's opening of a Near-Earth Object (NEO) information center in February 2001. The new center will gauge the likelihood of Earth being hit by an asteroid."

10 comments

  1. Hammer of God by breon.halling · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I believe that Sir Arthur C. Clarke first proposed of this in his novel "The Hammer of God".

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    1. Re:Hammer of God by Lars+T. · · Score: 2

      He also talks about it in this recent interview (shortly).

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  2. Feb 2001? by DiSKiLLeR · · Score: 2, Informative

    February 2002, you mean.

    Feb 2001 was last year...

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    1. Re:Feb 2001? by danielrose · · Score: 1

      Maybe the story was "Pending" for that long.........

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  3. bruce-willis-will-be-on-hand dept. by tunah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would have thought Keanu Reeves would have been more appropriate for a NEO center.

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  4. Another opening pic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Another picture of the Opening of the Near-Earth Object Centre

  5. Um, Here's Your Answer by lakanen · · Score: 1
    The new center will gauge the likelihood of Earth being hit by an asteroid.

    The chance that Earth is gonna get hit by an asteroid is unquestionably 100%.

    Can I get my million dollars now since you don't need the center any more?

    1. Re:Um, Here's Your Answer by isorox · · Score: 2

      Ahh, but when will it hit.

      Oh shit, just happened.

  6. That thing is the size of the moon! by Stone+Rhino · · Score: 1

    Don't you think that picture is just a tad misleading?

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