We got 7 years gents…
- Thread starter dawgstudent
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I see your astroid and raise you this...
Meh. Space rocks hit Earth every day. That said, if this one does (it won’t) it would probably hit deep ocean & cause no problems. But if it hits land it would suck for the area it hits.
Plenty if time to build a huge trampoline.
Theoretically, we could deflect it. Getting it done in such a short time is a different story though. In reality, in the unlikely event it will hit an inhabited area, we’d evacuate the area & relocate/rebuild.
Shame on us for not already having a plan in place for these type events.
I’d be nervous to be around a coastline if it hit an ocean.
We could try having Gautreau coach it a month before impact, so it won't hit anything until at least 3 months later
If it hits shallower water near the coastline, yeah. Massive wave. But if it hits deep ocean, the wave will dissipate quickly & no harm done. Im probably still getting a few miles away from the coast though.
No doubt it hits Jackson. And Chockwe will be out of town.
I think you are underestimating it's impact. I highly doubt it hits us but anything of large size will cause major problems. Middle of the ocean would be best case scenario. Nuclear winter would be awesome to try to survive. It would thwart our global warming friends tho. Edited to add: it's only a 3 on the Torino scale. Which is 0 to 10 with 10 being armageddon. Between 40 and 100 meters in diameter so patdog is probly right.
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The Tunguska Event was caused by an asteroid half the size of this one and 1500 square miles were destroyed.
Looks like this asteroid is about same size as Tunguska (150-300 feet vs 160-200 for this one). And Tunguska destroyed 830 sq miles of Forest. So yeah, bad. Very bad if it hits a populated area. There would be climate effects & global cooling for a few years. But no nuclear winter.
Thats about 17’n right.
Forecasted date of asteroid impact - December 22, 2032
My retirement eligibility date - December 30, 2032
Forecasted date of asteroid impact - December 22, 2032
My retirement eligibility date - December 30, 2032
We’re working on it. And we’re pretty close. But you really need to deflect it years before it would hit (don’t need to deflect it as much then). 7 years to accurately measure its orbit and plan & execute the mission & still deflect it enough isn’t long. Especially with the technology in its infancy & barely tested.
I never took anything higher than high school physics, so one of you rocket scientist is going to have to explain to me why a few carefully targeted nuclear warheads would not turn this thing into pixie dust.
Is there no plan in place?
Are you expecting a plan for any of the many possible ways this could impact us?
I don't keep up what the US and world are doing to combat this sort of event.
Cause then instead of one large meteorite, we’d have dozens of them all on the same orbit. Not to mention you launch multiple nuclear warheads on a rocket & you’ve just upped the risk of the mission. You might destroy eastern Florida.
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Buy honey and store it. It will be like gold. It never spoils.
Can we alter it enough just to destroy Gainesville?
I’ll bet this has been war gamed thousands of times by the military. I know a guy who 20 years ago worked with a team that had to plan a response for a zombie apocalypse.
And in case you’re wondering… if we use his plan when the zombies break out, Guantanamo Bay will be the Alamo due to its defensible position and existing infrastructure.
I’m sure somebody has posed the question what happens when there’s a space rock headed towards us.
And in case you’re wondering… if we use his plan when the zombies break out, Guantanamo Bay will be the Alamo due to its defensible position and existing infrastructure.
I’m sure somebody has posed the question what happens when there’s a space rock headed towards us.
You may eye roll, but I wouldn’t put it past him. He’s got us driving electric cars and having rockets land back on their launch pads.
This guy will figure something out.
Shouldn’t a tool like A.I. be able to track these? I figured we’ve advanced past Billy Bob telling the president, “It’s a big *** sky, sir.”
We’re working on it. The problem is it’s a really big 17ing sky, and asteroids like this are no bigger than a football field and they’re really dark.
Seriously, there is a chance we could deflect this if it’s confirmed to be on path to hit earth (again it won’t).
So, does that mean we can begin the airing of grievances?
Imagine a firecracker in the palm of your hand. You set it off, what happens? You burn your hand, right? You close your fist around the same firecracker, and set it off. Your wife's gonna be opening your ketchup bottles the rest of your life.
All you deflector advocates. If this is at 2.4% now and keeps changing how can you trust a deflection attempt would make it zero if humans are involved. We need to talk to the Aliens that live in the underwater base about doing the job.
If we can make the calculation to know it absolutely will hit, then I trust we can make the calculation to make it miss.
If we can make the calculation to know it absolutely will hit, then I trust we can make the calculation to make it miss.