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10 Jan 2007, 11:55 pm

ahhh!! !! !! !! !! !!

http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-do ... 5&GT1=8991

BUT DON'T EVACUATE just yet. Although we can't force Apophis to miss the Earth after 2029, we have the technology to nudge it slightly off course well before then, causing it to miss the keyhole in the first place. According to NASA, a simple 1-ton "kinetic energy impactor" spacecraft thumping into Apophis at 5000 mph would do the trick. We already have a template for such a mission: NASA's Deep Impact space probe -- named after another 1998 cosmic-collision movie -- slammed into the comet Tempel 1 in 2005 to gather data about the composition of its surface. Alternatively, an ion-drive-powered "gravity tractor" spacecraft could hover above Apophis and use its own tiny gravity to gently pull the asteroid off course.

that calms me slightly...but the article still scares me


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11 Jan 2007, 12:07 am

tinky wrote:
aAccording to NASA, a simple 1-ton "kinetic energy impactor" spacecraft thumping into Apophis at 5000 mph would do the trick.


A simple impactor aka "Iran's hug for Alliah" could send the space rock on a direct path for earth also.



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11 Jan 2007, 1:37 am

Send a nuclear missle up now and see if it makes a difference.



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13 Jan 2007, 11:46 am

mmm, I love radioactive fallout. It would make pretty sparkles in the atmosphere as it starts raining down on our continents and into our seas :)



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13 Jan 2007, 4:41 pm

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mmm, I love radioactive fallout. It would make pretty sparkles in the atmosphere as it starts raining down on our continents and into our seas :)

Cheesecheese, when you look, keep one eye closed so later you can see the triphods coming. :lol:


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13 Jan 2007, 4:55 pm

Gamester wrote:
Send a nuclear missle up now and see if it makes a difference.


Nuclear Weapons become galaxy destroying devices if denotated in space. The particles get up to speeds nearly equal to the speed of light itself. One particle would be enough to destroy life on a planet.



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13 Jan 2007, 5:48 pm

Particle cannon would work. Don't nudge it off course, DESTROY IT.


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13 Jan 2007, 6:22 pm

Just fire a 1MT nuke at it and we won't have to worry until 2880...


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13 Jan 2007, 9:57 pm

Flagg wrote:
Gamester wrote:
Send a nuclear missle up now and see if it makes a difference.


Nuclear Weapons become galaxy destroying devices if denotated in space. The particles get up to speeds nearly equal to the speed of light itself. One particle would be enough to destroy life on a planet.

The particles wouldn't keep speeding up - they wouldn't slow down much either until they hit the Earth's atmospere - but it wouldn't be as bad as a nuke on the surface.


Maybe NASA can blow the problem out of proportion and use the story to get more funding. (I guess we can only hope... think - more money they get, quicker planetary travel happens :P But it still probably won't be in our lifetime :/ )



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13 Jan 2007, 11:38 pm

MSN Article wrote:
Friday the 13th of April 2029 could be a very unlucky day for planet Earth. At 4:36 am Greenwich Mean Time, a 25-million-ton, 820-ft.-wide asteroid called 99942 Apophis will slice across the orbit of the moon and barrel toward Earth at more than 28,000 mph. The huge pockmarked rock, two-thirds the size of Devils Tower in Wyoming, will pack the energy of 65,000 Hiroshima bombs -- enough to wipe out a small country or kick up an 800-ft. tsunami.


Dictionary of Literary Terms wrote:
Situational Irony: A word used to describe a situation in which the outcome of an event is either totally defiant of expectation, or fits a given stereotype with unreal accuracy.


Im sorry, had to quote that. THAT IS WEIRD TO THE 13TH POWER, PEOPLE!


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14 Jan 2007, 12:24 am

Roxas_XIII wrote:
MSN Article wrote:
Friday the 13th of April 2029 could be a very unlucky day for planet Earth. At 4:36 am Greenwich Mean Time, a 25-million-ton, 820-ft.-wide asteroid called 99942 Apophis will slice across the orbit of the moon and barrel toward Earth at more than 28,000 mph. The huge pockmarked rock, two-thirds the size of Devils Tower in Wyoming, will pack the energy of 65,000 Hiroshima bombs -- enough to wipe out a small country or kick up an 800-ft. tsunami.


Dictionary of Literary Terms wrote:
Situational Irony: A word used to describe a situation in which the outcome of an event is either totally defiant of expectation, or fits a given stereotype with unreal accuracy.


Im sorry, had to quote that. THAT IS WEIRD TO THE 13TH POWER, PEOPLE!


NO,ITS UNWEIRD TO TEH PSOT POWER!! !! !

PSOT!! !! !


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