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Mars Asteroid Impact Effectively Ruled Out
An anonymous reader writes with a followup to previous news noting the possibility that an asteroid would collide with Mars: "Further observations have reduced the odds of asteroid 2007 WD5 impacting Mars to approximately 1 in 10,000. According to NASA this asteroid followed the same pattern of increasing in probability, then finally being ruled out as a threat."
Yes, first. But nobody cares.
I guess there's not going to be a Mars-Shattering KABOOM! And I was so looking forward to it.
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It means the asteroid will have a breakdown due to comically improper set-up before it reaches mars.
Control is an illusion, order our comforting lie. From chaos, through chaos, into chaos we fly
A wake-up call to a 1 in a 1000000000000000000000000000000 chance of a piece of rock hitting us? I couldn't care less, and even if I did care, there is nothing I can do about it.
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Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
A paper on moving asteroid, with 10N of force!
Paper beats rock, then? We already knew that.