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Tracking Possible Earth-impacting Asteroids

Posted by michael on from the live-fast-die-young dept.

EccentricAnomaly writes "NASA's Near-Earth Object program has announced the Sentry automatic impact monitoring program. Check out this impact risks page showing current asteroids that might impact the Earth. The current highest risk object is 2002 CU11 which has a 0.001% impact probability in 2049... an impact that would be 58,000 megatons."

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  1. What will we do!??! by leviramsey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bruce Willis will be 94 in 2049! How will we get someone that old into space to blow up the asteroid?

    1. Re:What will we do!??! by breon.halling · · Score: 2, Funny

      You obviously haven't seen Space Cowboys. ;)

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      "Yeah, well, Dracula called and he's coming over tonight for you and I said okay."