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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Dr.Zer0 on June 21, 2002, 04:26:28 am
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heared it on the radio morning(like most news I hear) a football field sized asteroid almost hit us a couple days ago and now we just found out!
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Football field sized.
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Had it been larger i'm sure eveyrone would have known ;P
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Originally posted by Shrike
Football field sized.
sorry, sometimes forget words :wakka:
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Got a news link?
Did they say whit how many miles/km it missed earth.
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Originally posted by darkage
Got a news link?
Did they say whit how many miles/km it missed earth.
havent checked for a link and it missed by 75000 miles
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Go to www.space.com They got some good info on it and one previous near misses too. Hmm, it was said that the one that exploded above Tunguska Siberia was around that size too! And it wiped out thousands of acres of forests, and lit up the sky for a couple of minutes. Nice to know that theres still a possibility of total anihilation other than nuclear war. :D
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CNN news (http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/06/20/asteroid.miss/index.html)
Some news about the lump of rock:)
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This is most likely a result of lack of funding. We still have very limited tracking abilities across the planet and we should have something in place.
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(http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/TECH/space/06/20/asteroid.miss/impact.jpg)
They cant seem to get enough of this pic can they? I mean, the rock was only a football field in size, but this one smacking into the Earth is half the size of the moon! It kinda over exaggerates the whole thing... :D
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Originally posted by Dark_4ce
(http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2002/TECH/space/06/20/asteroid.miss/impact.jpg)
They cant seem to get enough of this pic can they? I mean, the rock was only a football field in size, but this one smacking into the Earth is half the size of the moon! It kinda over exaggerates the whole thing... :D
they were just using a RELLY big football stadium for the example :yes::wakka::yes2:
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Would be cool to see a moon sized rock flying into a planet..
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I'm so fed up with that image I might do a better one and get everyone to use that.
grrr!
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Hm, just imagine all the others they missed and didn't find out afterwards... :nervous:
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.... yet not one government or corporation will have the desire to increase funding to any of the spacewatch programs to help track these things down.
Anyone read the Arthur C. Clarke book Rendezvous with Rama? The introduction's a fine example of what happens when you don't pay attention :(
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Originally posted by Kazashi
.... yet not one government or corporation will have the desire to increase funding to any of the spacewatch programs to help track these things down.
Anyone read the Arthur C. Clarke book Rendezvous with Rama? The introduction's a fine example of what happens when you don't pay attention :(
And the third book is a fine example of what happens as a consequence of this degenerate inclination...
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Originally posted by darkage
Would be cool to see a moon sized rock flying into a planet..
Heheh.
*strokes graviton bomb controls menacingly*
Apparently that's how the moon got up there in the first place. A big-ass moon-like rock hit a bigger-ass primordial Earth and the explosion spawned the Earth and Moon.
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that football size thing was scary, but yesterday i heard on the radio that the white house security got quite a scare a few days ago, because a plane flew over it or something which was supposed to be a 'no-fly-zone' and all...apparently it was just an innocent pilot who took the wrong flight path or something, and he just kept on flying past the white house, but what was even more scary, is that they said they scrambled a few F-16s at the nearest air base, and by the time the F16s had intercepted the plane, it was MILES past the white house, meaning that if it had meant to do damage, the damage would have been done long ago!
apparently they have weapons on top of the white house or some backup plan or something, but still, that makes you wonder about their 'security'. i hope they really do get it more secure!
~Stealth~
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Why the **** does nothing every just kill us all? I mean, is it some much to ask for just one huge rock to rain firey/shockwave death upon us?
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Originally posted by an0n
Why the **** does nothing every just kill us all? I mean, is it some much to ask for just one huge rock to rain firey/shockwave death upon us?
for real...
not right now though, let it wait till my website's finished :)
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The world needs a good global disaster to clear out the crap and help the strong, the righteous and the smart get back to the top of the food chain. Nothing like nuclear war because it's effects are too long-lasting, but a nice conventional war or death from above would be good.......uh, long-term I mean.
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I belive it is the same thing with detection of asteroids as it is with nukes:
If you see the flash... It's allready to late...
and....
If your hear the boom, prepare for your doom....(http://anywherebb.com/forum/images/smiles/icon_twisted.gif)
Stargazer.
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Bah, the government knew it was there.
Despite the lack of funding they knew it was there about 3 or 4 days before it would have passed us.
The thing is if it had gotten around that a giant asteroid was going to pass us by 1/3 of the distance between the earth and the moon, we'd have people going ooh, ahh, and then we'd have idiots saying that the calculations are wrong and we're all going to die.
Besides, what if it was going to hit us? There isn't much we could do about it anyways.
It's not like we have any geo-synchronous sats with superlasers or nukes for defence against stellar debris getting flung around.
However, I do know we have a 10megawatt laser that's the size of a small tank that can cut through steel. And the Army's working on a 100megawatt version for combat purposes.
It's planned to be hideously expensive and the first target in any strike by our 'enemies'. Even though it'll be years before we'd be able to get it turreted with a decent elevation arc.
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They've got a fixed 3Gw laser used for laser propulsion testing. The capacitors run outta power after about 7 seconds though and it takes about 2 days to recharge.
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Originally posted by Dr.Zer0
heared it on the radio morning(like most news I hear) a football field sized asteroid almost hit us a couple days ago and now we just found out!
yeah I know. sad isn't it? I should have aimed better. well, there's always a next time...
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Originally posted by an0n
Why the **** does nothing every just kill us all? I mean, is it some much to ask for just one huge rock to rain firey/shockwave death upon us?
its just God's way of spitting in our faces
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*Starts digging a tunnel and stockpiling food*
Just in case those 'end of the world' nutters get lucky.
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Hmmm.... I was planning on going to Carlsbad Caverns and shooting everyone who tried to steal my end-of-the-world shelter.
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Originally posted by an0n
Why the **** does nothing every just kill us all? I mean, is it some much to ask for just one huge rock to rain firey/shockwave death upon us?
Originally posted by Dr.Zer0
its just God's way of spitting in our faces
Spit in God's face back; it works for me! :devilidea ;7 :cool: ;)
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It’s just the first shot across the bow from Klendathu…
The “Big K”…
It’s an ugly planet. A bug planet.
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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Hmmm.... I was planning on going to Carlsbad Caverns and shooting everyone who tried to steal my end-of-the-world shelter.
I was just going to shoot everyone who was on my end of the world :snipe:
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Originally posted by el84
It’s just the first shot across the bow from Klendathu…
The “Big K”…
It’s an ugly planet. A bug planet.
right on the spot. that heinlein is a genius. umm, verhoeven too.
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Originally posted by kode
right on the spot. that heinlein is a genius. umm, verhoeven too.
Hmm, its been a while since I read the book, but if I remember correctly it was the skinnies who sent the rock to Earth. And in the film it was actually never really justified that the bugs sent the asteroid... True it came from the asteroid belt, but hey, Rogue asteroids. :D But I love the movie. The book was good too, just a bit too propagandaish. Which the movie thankfully makes fun of. I mean, the film is such a satirical one! Much like all of Verhoevens works actually. And its great listening to his commentary on DVD, cause he always gets so exited when it comes to his point of view. He goes "Vell, vat I zink is that people are in general bat... BAT! BAT! BAAAT!" Hehehe. :D
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Originally posted by Dark_4ce
Hmm, its been a while since I read the book, but if I remember correctly it was the skinnies who sent the rock to Earth. And in the film it was actually never really justified that the bugs sent the asteroid... True it came from the asteroid belt, but hey, Rogue asteroids. :D But I love the movie. The book was good too, just a bit too propagandaish. Which the movie thankfully makes fun of. I mean, the film is such a satirical one! Much like all of Verhoevens works actually. And its great listening to his commentary on DVD, cause he always gets so exited when it comes to his point of view. He goes "Vell, vat I zink is that people are in general bat... BAT! BAT! BAAAT!" Hehehe. :D
Yes, but that's the thing. The movie is presented in a propagandaistic way, and lets people make their own conclusions and theories on what happens.
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Originally posted by kode
Yes, but that's the thing. The movie is presented in a propagandaistic way, and lets people make their own conclusions and theories on what happens.
Yup. That too. :D
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this gives me a rediculous idea, that someone should use in a movie. u have a nice movie where we have a football stadium sized asteroid coming at us, and the US, is all calm and composed, and dont tell anyone, when the thing is close enough that people are screaming (should be like in the powerpuff girls :D , people running around and the narrator going berserk) the US and old rivals , now freinds, Mother Russia launch all their nukes (in a way endorsing the need for so many, enough to destroy the world, etc etc... watch what happens dudes). so then the people all stand at attention and look skyward, while patriotic music plays and the US president satisfies a few inturns for the possibly the last time. and then the missiles hit the thing, and theres a huge explosion, and everyone cheers, except for me (what did u think, i wouldnt cast myself?) and then i tap my freind on the shoulder, and say "cool, brilliant, awesome", he says "yeah!". i say "yeah? really? now weve got a thoroughly irradiated football stadium sized peice of galactic dung flying at us."
and he goes "oh, damn, screwed up movie, im gonna kill whoever made it."
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(http://students.washington.edu/gregm82/landoplenty/images/cataclysm.jpg)
How bout this one to replace it?
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Thats funky !:D
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Originally posted by Blitz_Lightning
(http://students.washington.edu/gregm82/landoplenty/images/cataclysm.jpg)
How bout this one to replace it?
by the time that relly happends the sun would alredy be gone ;)
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Originally posted by Dr.Zer0
by the time that relly happends the sun would alredy be gone ;)
Actualy the moon is moving away from earth;)
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Veeeeeerrrrry slowly.... ;)
And that image is supposed to represent what may have happened in the past, not what may happen in the future.
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Originally posted by Kellan
Veeeeeerrrrry slowly.... ;)
And that image is supposed to represent what may have happened in the past, not what may happen in the future.
I know;) but Dr.Zero was talking about the future;)
It wouldn't be a fun thing for earth to loose the moon.
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Originally posted by darkage
I know;) but Dr.Zero was talking about the future;)
It wouldn't be a fun thing for earth to loose the moon.
and gain a creator :D
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The Moon moves away at something stupid like 2cm per year. The thing is though, when it does eventually spin off, it could curve around/smash into some other planet (Mars for instance) and knock it off it's orbit just enough so that it'd smash into the Earth. When Planets Collide!!
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Apparently, after receeding a fair distance, the moon will eventually start moving closer to the Earth. Then it will either receede again, or enter the Roche' limit and become fragmented. I wonder how many times this game of cat and mouse has been played :)
Then there's that 2nd moon which we're supposed to have a 1 in 9 chance of having, and which some astronomers claim to have detected and tracked.
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Just look at Neptunes' moon, triton. Retrograde orbit there.
But as for a second moon? it had better be a 30 meter wide pebble or something because it really is pathetic if we haven't seen it yet if its any bigger!
And now with the whole spaceshuttle fleet being indefinately grounded it looks like the Darwin mission will be put on hold :(
WAAA!!!
Why dont those idiots stop beating up terrorists that don't exist and fund a space programme instead!
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Yeah I've heard of the 2nd Moon theory as well. But I don't really think thats likely. People have spun around the moon plenty of times and not spoted anything, but that can be probably explained that its in the darkness or that is REALLY small. Then ofcourse theres the 10th planet, Rupert. ;) And the whole NEMESIS theory in which our sun is infact a binary star, with its partner way off in the distance, coming this way to torch the Earth again. Though my favority theory is the one that the Earth is infact hollow, whith a star in the middle. Or that we are infact INSIDE the Earth right now, and the Sun is the central star, and all the other stars are just crystal pieces floating around, the galaxies mere clouds. And to think people believe in that crap! :rolleyes:
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Originally posted by an0n
The Moon moves away at something stupid like 2cm per year. The thing is though, when it does eventually spin off, it could curve around/smash into some other planet (Mars for instance) and knock it off it's orbit just enough so that it'd smash into the Earth. When Planets Collide!!
just like a good game of pool :D
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You all know the asteroid defense system that was featured in Starship Troopers? Well, it is a good defense except that if the asteroid came from the direction where the Moon was not in range, it would be completely useless.
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If you want a better version of the picture I showed you, here is the 1024*768 version of it
cataclysm (http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/wallpaper_display.php?pic=cataclysm_1024.jpg)
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bah, all we need is BFReds :D
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Originally posted by Dr.Zer0
bah, all we need is BFReds :D
Its so true.
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Has anyone seen the ancient SF movie "When Worlds Collide"? Damn that's funny....
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Aint that the one where humanity build like a huge rocket on a railway line, and gathers two of everything, except in the case of humans, all lovely blond blue eyed white people. Like 80 of them. Yeah, I remember it. Funny.