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12-08-2005, 08:20 PM #26Aspiring Evangelist
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12-08-2005, 09:36 PM #27Web Hosting Master
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I've gotta say, i dinf this general theme of cynicism and not being all that bothered because i'll be 50 odd a bit strage myself.
Personally, i'd rather be safe than sorry if in 5-10 years time this was deemed a real threat [or on anything like this].
Now i favour the theory of giving an asteroid, meteor e.t.c. a nudge, as opposed to brute force with nukes. They are a last resort and our last line of defence, not our first.
"Be Prepared"
Saying you're 50 and you've had a full life is all fine and dandy for you, but there are quite a few billion other people who might disagree with that approach. This particular asteroid if it were to head directly for us would NOT be one to end life as we know it, however the devastation would be severe.
Some projections have suggested that the Pacific Ocean is a possible target, with tsunami waves striking California for instance, and to a far larger magnitude than those of the the 26th December last year.
This is far far bigger than just NASA and their funding, this particular asteroid, Apophis, has been on the "watch list" for too long for it to be accused of being a politically expedient tool in a row over a budget.
If i knew with some certainty that my government or more likely a group of nation's had a contingency plan already in place, i'd be a lot more confident. Although with the way money and funding is distributed, i'm not too sure likely that is really, at least not yet.
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12-08-2005, 09:48 PM #28Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by stevey
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12-08-2005, 09:58 PM #29Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Critic
Apophis is dead <3 Jack O'Niell killed him
Now they went and named an asteroid after him
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12-08-2005, 10:37 PM #30Web Hosting Master
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12-08-2005, 11:39 PM #31Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Aussie Bob
Watched them sooo many times now.
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12-09-2005, 06:02 AM #32Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Lev
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12-09-2005, 06:18 AM #33Web Hosting Master
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12-09-2005, 10:41 AM #34Web Hosting Guru
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Let it hit, I'll either be dead already or I'll be 90 years old. But really, they can't even predict the weather with 100% accuracy, how can they predict this so far in advance? I wouldn't start looking to add asteroid collision insurance to my home owner's policy just yet.
But then on the other hand, if in 30 years it is certain that it's going to hit earth, can you imagine how chaotic it will be? Do you think that the governments of the world would tell it's citizens in advance? If it is going to happen, I'm glade that the chances are that it's not going to happen in my life time.
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12-09-2005, 10:54 AM #35Web Hosting Master
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31 years, I wouldn't be surprised if a superpower hasn't blown us all up in some massive pre-emtive stike before then anyway.
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12-10-2005, 02:10 AM #36Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Flumps
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12-10-2005, 06:17 AM #37Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Lev
forgetting about the dust that would block out the sun for a minute.....
the panic of everyone rushing around and louting would be enough to kill us alone as we would get trampled on, mugged and proberly in the US shot.
going back to the side effects.....
it would block out the sund for proberly a year or two this alone would be long enough to kill us off, as plants wouldnt survive and so on.
sure you could build a massive shelter but would it be big enough to house 8800,000 people + ? talk about all under the same roof.
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12-10-2005, 05:29 PM #38Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Aussie Bob
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I've watched it all (8 seasons) in the space of 2 weeks, and gonna do that again with some mates after xmas.
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12-10-2005, 06:58 PM #39Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by Flumps
So you'd go down with a wimper not a fight then?
That scenario doesn't even apply here for starters. It's 380m wide, and we know of its existence decades ahead of time, and if the need arises the means to do something about it.
Am i missing something
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12-10-2005, 07:11 PM #40Web Hosting Master
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who cares if everybody else tooo die !
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12-10-2005, 07:15 PM #41Web Hosting Master
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Let's hope it doesn't hit earth..I don't want to die! Mind you..these things never do!
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12-10-2005, 08:52 PM #42Web Hosting Master
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12-10-2005, 10:21 PM #43Business Owner
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I'll be 64 by then. If it is certain, there is a need to prepare.
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12-11-2005, 05:59 AM #44Web Hosting Master
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So we have 31 years of debauchery left!