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Astronomers Upset About Asteroid Panic

Posted by simoniker on from the construct-identical-trashteroid dept.

DrMorpheus writes "According to the New Scientist, astronomers are horrified by press scares over asteroids - including the recent furore over QQ47 - which briefly had a one-in-a-million chance of crashing into our planet in 2014. So much so that they are toning down the scale they use to rate the threat posed by asteroids in an attempt to discourage journalists from covering potential collisions. Some even want the way asteroids are assessed to be completely overhauled."

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  1. blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    blah blah

  2. Now if only they'll scale down... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...the dumbass terror alert system. C'mon, in reality, do any of us ever expect us to be in "green" alert? It's retarted. There should be 3 realistic levels...aptly named so the citizens of this country will know what's going on...

    Low: "Move along, Nothing to see here."
    Medium: "Ummm...what the fuck is that guy doing?"
    High: "Oh shit."

  3. Old already by DrInequality · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Argh! This is old already.

    Do we have to have 10,000 I can scramble the letters postings?

    Move on people, nothing to see here

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    DROS - Open-Source Robot Software
  4. Re:Meanwhile, on usenet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, first post modded as Redundant. That's a first.

  5. The giant lesbian space ninja... by Exiler · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    After years of study, me and my team of crack monk... I mean scientists have reached the conclusions Me+Pie=Mmmm, or, given infinate time, the earth has a strong statistical probability that it will eventually be devoured by a giant lesbian space ninja.

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    Banaaaana!
  6. Re:It's their own fault. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    The asteroids impact at 11-September of 2013.

    These atseoirds are terrorists, and should be coloured with red color.

    open4free