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  1. March 19th, 2002, 04:30 PM #1
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    Post Undetected near miss with Asteroid

    A close one with an asteroid went undetected until days later.

    <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/177595.asp?cp1=1" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.com/news/177595.asp?cp1=1</a>
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  2. March 19th, 2002, 04:37 PM #2
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    wow I guess if that was an alien and they were ganna attack we would have lost
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    Hell if this was in the movies they would of spotted this thing months ago. Tracked it orbit and asked someone to wake the president who would then send up a bunch of people to plant a nuke on which would fail to destroy the chunk of rock. Then just as its about to crash into earth.....wait this movie has already been made damm.
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  4. March 19th, 2002, 05:02 PM #4
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    I wonder what would happen in a "Armageddon" situation?


    It be one hell of a rush!
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  5. March 20th, 2002, 02:29 AM #5
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    [quote]Originally posted by opiate:
    <strong>I wonder what would happen in a "Armageddon" situation?


    It be one hell of a rush!</strong><hr></blockquote>

    We would all die

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    I think I'll paint a target on my roof to make sure that when we all go, I can go fast and painless.....
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    My astronomy professors made sure to point out to us in class that this happens all the time - it's just not publicized. There's nothing we could do about something hitting us anyway.
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  8. March 20th, 2002, 05:53 AM #8
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    Coming from inside and behind the earth orbit, the chances of a hit are pretty small and the chance that it wouldn't be burned up(on a slow orbit) are smaller...the chances of the particle getting through the atmosphere and killing anyone are smaller again.
    I'd be more scared about a high speed asteriod coming from further out in the solar system.
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