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| Asteroid heading for New York? You better pray, NASA chief tells US Congress |
| 2013-03-21 |
| NASA chief Charles Bolden has advice on how to handle a large asteroid headed toward New York City: Pray. That's about all the United States - or anyone for that matter - could do at this point about unknown asteroids and meteors that may be on a collision course with Earth, Bolden told lawmakers at a U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee hearing. An asteroid estimated to be have been about 15m in diameter exploded on February 15 over Chelyabinsk, Russia, generating shock waves that shattered windows and damaged buildings. More than 1500 people were injured. Later that day, a larger, unrelated asteroid discovered last year passed about 27,000km from Earth, closer than the network of television and weather satellites that ring the planet. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #13 As per #11, I sincerely believe it was an intertwining 2-in-1'er + flew over Guam-WESTPAC before deciding to go on tour + explode oer Russia. D *** NG IT, THOSE TWO SPACE ROCKS WERE IN LOVE + DECIDED TO COMMIT GLORIOUS SUICIDE OVER RUSSIA THAN LIVE WIDOUT ONE ANOTHER IN THE UNIVERSE! I suspect dey chose Russia because Russia has the gumption to talk about EFFEC SPACE DEFENSE in the public media, NOT our own super-PCorrect-Deniable NASA + US Govt. [GUAM'S TWO LOVER'S POINT, MADONNA'S "LA ISLA BONITA" VIDEO, RUSSIAN KGB-FSB = PENN STATE'S ANNA LONGINOVA here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-22 00:01 |
| #12 Just have Bloomberg ban them. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-21 21:54 |
| #11 The same size recently fell on Russia, I don't recall any such praying, we were happy it hit there. So shaddup, Earth has allways been a target. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-21 21:51 |
| #10 Shipman, that is a thing of beauty. Lord have mercy, indeed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-03-21 13:38 |
| #9 You have a nice impact simulator at http://www.purdue.edu/impactearth/ Basically an object big enough to destroy New York falls on the earth every 500 years or so. More excatly one big enough to destroy the sky-scrapper zone. Then you have to multiply these 500 years by teh ratio between heavily populated areas and the surface of the earth. If you want to pray better pray for US Congress not using billable time on asteroids. |
| Posted by: JFM 2013-03-21 13:38 |
| #8 Or this..... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-03-21 10:15 |
| #7 we have a KYAG* Division of TOP MEN, TOP MEN, on it *Kiss Your Ass Goodbye |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-03-21 09:58 |
| #6 I have been leaked the official version of the prayer: With all our heart and with all our mind, let us pray to the Lord, saying "Lord, have mercy." For the peace from way the fuck above, for the loving-kindness of gawd, and for the salvation of our souls, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy and divert this damn rock. For the peace of the world, for the welfare of the Holy Church of God, and for the unity of all peoples, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy and make it damn sure lands in Maine. Prayers of the People 383 For our Bishop, and for all the NASA and SAC, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. For our President who has moved to Colorodo suddenly, for the leaders of the nations, and for all in authority, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. For this 'burg, for every city and community, and for those who live in them, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. For seasonable weather, and for an abundance of the fruits of the earth good grass and fungi bountiful, with no damn exploding rocks in the sky, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. For the good earth which God has given us, and for the wisdom and will to conserve it, and keep it out of the hands of the EPA, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. For those who travel on land, on water, or in the air [or through outer space], let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. For the aged and infirm, for the widowed and orphans, and for the sick and the suffering, and advise them to get the hell out of my way if that rock is on the way let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. For Fred and Frank and Paul and Barb and Deacon and M4d, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy and stretch it please this time srsly. For the poor and the oppressed, for the miserably employed and the destitute, for prisoners and captives, and for all who remember and care for them, for this heathen rock will smite them hard let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. For all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, and for all the departed, let us pray to the Lord. Lord, have mercy. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-03-21 09:49 |
| #5 I would pray the asteroid would hit somewhere in Saudi. Preferably Mecca. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-03-21 09:27 |
| #4 Pray for whom or what? NYC or the asteroid? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-21 09:18 |
| #3 SAM, how far south did you have in mind, about 250 miles SW seem about right? ;^) |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-03-21 07:49 |
| #2 Secure all exits from NYC. Alter its trajectory to someplace further South. |
| Posted by: Secret Asian Man 2013-03-21 03:09 |
| #1 Or as I like to put it - our desired future OWG-NWO Govts-Perts consensus is that there is no consensus. [FRED FLINTSTONE + BF BARNEY RUBBLE ARGUING UNDERWATER here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-21 01:08 |