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Rand Expert Says To Keep Mum About Killer Asteroids
crashnbur writes "NASA is conducting a survey of the sky to find asteroids large enough that a collision with earth could 'extinction-type impact', and none studied so far will threaten us in the next 200 years. Of course, if a doomsday asteroid is discovered, the current policy is not to say a word: 'If you can't do anything about a warning, then there is no point in issuing a warning at all', says Dr. Geoffery Sommer. The issue may be making its rounds because an asteroid was discovered orbiting the sun between Venus and Earth earlier this week. Space.com presents a lengthy, four-part 'Impact Debate' (next three parts coming next three Tuesdays). Apparently we are just as likely to die by asteroid impact as in a plane crash."
Duct tape. Just be sure you have plenty of duct tape. It could save your life in the event of an asteroid collision.
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That's good news for me considering that I never fly.
There's a growing sense that even if The Future comes,
most of us won't be able to afford it.
-- Lemmy
...we have the ISS. If there is an impact in the next few months, the three men on the ISS will come down to earth and repopulate. Yeah, that's it.
boldly going forward, 'cause we can't find reverse
id like to know so that i could ask a girl for sex
"so... we only have 2 days left before we all die, can i fuck you?"
i must have sex before i die!
In the event of an asteroid impact, lay flat down on the ground, with your hands covering your head, and you will be protected.
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"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."
-- George Orwell
They could publish info about imminent space catastrophe and I wouldn't be able to read about it because somebody'd post it on Slashdot first.
Sweet oblivion.
The real reason they are keeping mum is to prevent hoardes of geeks making fools of themselves camping outside Natalie Portmans house trying to get a date before they depart to techno heaven.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
If they don't tell us then how will we know when it is time to start looting, raping, and pillaging!
me karma am bad
Then again, some 50K people in the US died as the result of traffic accidents in 2001.
Better hope Osama doesnt get his hands on a car manufacturing plant.
I wonder if Taco Bell will sponsor this. If a killer Asteroid hits a special target (like the franchise on my street), they could give everybody on Earth free diarrhea.
Who is to say that with the combined ability of every nation on earth that there wouldnt be a way to put enough explosion on target to move such an object?
Just don't let France in on it. They'd probably call for us to "double, triple" the number of telescopes
I can't give my real name or tell where I work for obvious reasons...
The good news is, no matter how broke you are, if the rent's due after next Thursday, you shouldn't worry about it too much. You're probably better off blowing the spare cash on whores and booze.
You can buy yourself that Corvette you've always hankered after - trust me - the repayments will not be a problem - just do it quickly.
The bad news is you really should call your parents. Come on, a five-minute call versus an eternity of guilt!
Gotta go now: Cheyenne mountain won't just fill itself with faceless spooks, you know! Oh, and er Good Luck. You never know - we might meet up after "It", and I'll buy that Corvette from you for an MRE and a bottle of water.
Ciao,
T&K.
Political language
I propose that we:
A)Construct a large, white, triangular craft that shoots white dots
B)Launch it
C)Use an Atari 2600 controller to pilot it
Then we find the Twin Galaxies high score holder and get him to save the planet.
if we're about to be hit with an asteroid, and they won't tell us.
Watch the astronomers. If all of a sudden they start mortgaging their souls to buy Porsches and big mansions with hot and cold running hookers, look out!
KFG
"Bah, duck tape won't do anything! Too fragile, too many cracks."
I think duck tape has too many quacks myself.
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They wont tell you and me, but they will tell the powers that be, who might take actions that would otherwise seem odd:-
-Go into permanent hiding in an underground bunker somewhere on the grounds of 'security'.
-Come up with an economic and taxation policy that is clearly hopeless long term.
-Settle old grudges with countries they dont like.
So, keep your eye out for things like this.