Pilsner Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Hey, he used the word trajectory which succeeded in glazing over the eyes of many-a-reader. Call me..... The Glazer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Top 10 ways to stop an asteroid - - no joke - - there's some pretty imaginative Rube Goldberg ideas here (you have to scroll over the pictures to see the explanatory text): http://news.discovery.com/space/top-10-asteroid-deflection.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Top 10 ways to stop an asteroid - - no joke - - there's some pretty imaginative Rube Goldberg ideas here (you have to scroll over the pictures to see the explanatory text): http://news.discovery.com/space/top-10-asteroid-deflection.html They left out the possibility of getting a hot looking female asteroid to hang around Mars and make goo goo eyes at the bad guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Let me know about it if we make it to Christmas this year. I'm rooting for the myans I don't want to buy.Xmas gifts and drink eggnog What??? We'll be drinking eggnog in June just in case we don't make it to Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 1330787084[/url]' post='2393980']What??? We'll be drinking eggnog in June just in case we don't make it to Christmas. With rum and nutmeg? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 With rum and nutmeg? Of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostbitmic Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It won't have a chance of hitting Brady. Matt Light will just hold it and not get flagged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsner Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It won't have a chance of hitting Brady. Matt Light will just hold it and not get flagged. Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 More on the big rock: http://news.yahoo.com/hefty-asteroid-2011-ag5s-threat-earth-studied-more-221005723.html;_ylt=AqWAXNjj6xdJPnfk6bQfWsH59XQA;_ylu=X3oDMTRvcWh0cHBxBGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDTmV3cyBmb3IgeW91BHBrZwM3OTRkZTNkZi1iNmIwLTM4OTAtYmM2Mi0wNGQ0NjI4MjI2YjUEcG9zAzEEc2VjA25ld3NfZm9yX3lvdQR2ZXIDY2JhMmZlMmMtNmM5MS0xMWUxLTlmZmItYTIyNjllNGY1NWYx;_ylg=X3oDMTMxZm9sazZlBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDMTVhZWYwMzMtOTM0ZC0zNmI1LWI0ZDAtOTQ5NGQ5N2JiNGVhBHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljcwRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2UEdGVzdAM-;_ylv=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 More on the big rock: http://news.yahoo.com/hefty-asteroid-2011-ag5s-threat-earth-studied-more-221005723.html;_ylt=AqWAXNjj6xdJPnfk6bQfWsH59XQA;_ylu=X3oDMTRvcWh0cHBxBGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDTmV3cyBmb3IgeW91BHBrZwM3OTRkZTNkZi1iNmIwLTM4OTAtYmM2Mi0wNGQ0NjI4MjI2YjUEcG9zAzEEc2VjA25ld3NfZm9yX3lvdQR2ZXIDY2JhMmZlMmMtNmM5MS0xMWUxLTlmZmItYTIyNjllNGY1NWYx;_ylg=X3oDMTMxZm9sazZlBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDMTVhZWYwMzMtOTM0ZC0zNmI1LWI0ZDAtOTQ5NGQ5N2JiNGVhBHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljcwRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2UEdGVzdAM-;_ylv=3 I still say Bring it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 More on the big rock: http://news.yahoo.com/hefty-asteroid-2011-ag5s-threat-earth-studied-more-221005723.html;_ylt=AqWAXNjj6xdJPnfk6bQfWsH59XQA;_ylu=X3oDMTRvcWh0cHBxBGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDTmV3cyBmb3IgeW91BHBrZwM3OTRkZTNkZi1iNmIwLTM4OTAtYmM2Mi0wNGQ0NjI4MjI2YjUEcG9zAzEEc2VjA25ld3NfZm9yX3lvdQR2ZXIDY2JhMmZlMmMtNmM5MS0xMWUxLTlmZmItYTIyNjllNGY1NWYx;_ylg=X3oDMTMxZm9sazZlBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDMTVhZWYwMzMtOTM0ZC0zNmI1LWI0ZDAtOTQ5NGQ5N2JiNGVhBHBzdGNhdANwb2xpdGljcwRwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2UEdGVzdAM-;_ylv=3 He's overstating the threat - because that's his job, so I don't much blame him. And the planning for a deflection mission is on its own a useful exercise. We'll need it some day, may as well work some of the bugs out of the process now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I'll probably be dead by then, so who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damj Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Tim Tebow will save us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Anyone see this video? BRING IN THE NUKES! PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I still say Bring it To paraphase a friend of mine (who talks a braver game than he plays): Little asteroids get in groups - - big asteroids single file! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Blizzard Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 Still time to deflect it. PTR I wonder if NASA will still be in existance in 2040? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 I wonder if NASA will still be in existance in 2040? Not after that big rock hits it it won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 I wonder if NASA will still be in existance in 2040? Yeah...but it'll have been 20 years since they had a space launch. Instead, they'll be spending all their time making Muslims feel good about themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 (edited) Thought this article was fairly interesting with respect to how often asteroids zip by the earth at distances less than the average distance to the moon (i.e., less than 238,000 miles): http://news.yahoo.com/bus-size-asteroid-zips-close-earth-184131023.html But those asteroids are all lightweights compared to 2005 YU55, a city-block-size space rock that came within 202,000 miles (325,000 km) of Earth last November. At 1,300 feet (400 m) wide, 2005 YU55 was the biggest asteroid to come so close to our planet since 1976, researchers said. Might be old news to people who follow this stuff, but I never realized just how "near" some of these near-earth asteroids routinely orbit. Makes me curious about the longest known time period it takes for an asteroid to complete one full orbit. Anybody know what that time is? If it's longer than man has been in space, you have to wonder if there are non-trivial earth impact probabilities that we just don't know about yet. Edit: Did a little more digging, and found a story about a 150 foot wide asteroid that wasn't discovered until 2010, and has an 88 year orbit: http://www.space.com/9205-potentially-hazardous-asteroid-earth-4-million-miles.html Edited May 16, 2012 by ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted May 16, 2012 Share Posted May 16, 2012 He's overstating the threat - because that's his job, so I don't much blame him. And the planning for a deflection mission is on its own a useful exercise. We'll need it some day, may as well work some of the bugs out of the process now. Turns out there's a lot I don't know about asteroid deflection planning: From http://www.space.com/9571-tiny-asteroid-buzzed-earth-fast-spinning-rock.html The U.S. space agency also plans to send astronauts to an asteroid by 2025 under a space plan ordered by President Obama. Such a mission could help scientists better understand the makeup of asteroids and to determine better means of deflecting them before they pose a threat to Earth, agency officials have said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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