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2018-01-22 -Short Attention Span Theater-
CNN: Government ShutDown - Asteroids Could Hit the Earth
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Posted by Ulaigum Ebbineng7056 2018-01-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top

#1 What is worse is people like You dominate the news here in this wormhole, you dumb worms.
Find a new career or something that makes you happy like a blow up doll or a doughnut because you are both.
Posted by newc 2018-01-22 00:39||   2018-01-22 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 The democrats shut down the government because they discount the threat from illegal aliens then CNN says alien objects are a threat!

Get your story straight dems...
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-01-22 01:01||   2018-01-22 01:01|| Front Page Top

#3 "We're all doomed! Dooooooomed!"
Posted by PBMcL 2018-01-22 01:20||   2018-01-22 01:20|| Front Page Top

#4 I am still hoping for a solid gold asteroid to wipe out a joint session of Congress, with enough impact to clean house and enough gold to retire the national debt.
Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-01-22 01:28||   2018-01-22 01:28|| Front Page Top

#5 The democrats shut down the government because they discount the threat from illegal aliens then CNN says alien objects are a threat!

If an asteroid could vote, it would be welcome.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-01-22 02:04||   2018-01-22 02:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Is that Feb 4th near miss an asteroid or Superbowl pass.
Either way I will not let it interrupt my Superbowl viewing fun.
Posted by boomerc 2018-01-22 03:26||   2018-01-22 03:26|| Front Page Top

#7 Statement: “Due to the shutdown removing key members of the civilian workforce, the 45th Space Wing will not be able to support commercial static fires taking place on KSC.”
Posted by 3dc 2018-01-22 06:55||   2018-01-22 06:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Not we could do a damn thing about an impact now anaway. Earth has been hit in the past. It will get hit in the future. There are rocks out there with our name on them. Maybe at some point we can move them out of the way. But it requires a pretty long lead time. But don't ask NASA to get involved. Prioroties will shift. Administraions change and new emergencies crop up. Besides, NASA is the poster child for politicians that love to bitch about government waste while voting pork for their districts
Posted by Cheaderhead 2018-01-22 08:23||   2018-01-22 08:23|| Front Page Top

#9 CNN: Government ShutDown - Asteroids Could Hit the Earth

Don't worry, I'm sure if this happens that we'll find out. Somehow.
Posted by gorb 2018-01-22 09:35||   2018-01-22 09:35|| Front Page Top

#10 If an asteroid could vote vote Democrat, it would be welcome.

FIFY g(r)om
Posted by Warthog 2018-01-22 10:15||   2018-01-22 10:15|| Front Page Top

#11 Due to the shutdown removing key members of the civilian workforce, the 45th Space Wing will not be able to support commercial static fires taking place on KSC.”

A reminder that "commercial" space activities - looking at you, Musk - are not exactly exercises in Mieses School capitalism...
Posted by M. Murcek 2018-01-22 10:20||   2018-01-22 10:20|| Front Page Top

#12 A reminder that "commercial" space activities - looking at you, Musk - are not exactly exercises in Mieses School capitalism...
Posted by M. Murcek

Sometimes it's cheaper to lease than to own.
Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-22 10:51||   2018-01-22 10:51|| Front Page Top

#13 Elon Musk takes that to heart with his private life too.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-01-22 11:31||   2018-01-22 11:31|| Front Page Top

#14 CNN claim that an unmonitored asteroid could slam into earth during government shutdown is debunked
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-01-22 11:49||   2018-01-22 11:49|| Front Page Top

#15 I could be wrong but I do not think Nasa has ever stopped anything from hitting the Earth, not even man-made stuff like Mir and Skylab let alone an asteroid.
Posted by rjschwarz 2018-01-22 14:00||   2018-01-22 14:00|| Front Page Top

#16  rjschwarz - kind of late and problematic near Earth. The place to divert them is months or years in the past.
Posted by 3dc 2018-01-22 14:17||   2018-01-22 14:17|| Front Page Top

#17 an asteroid could potentially threaten the Earth if the government shutdown continues

No chance of it impacting Atlanta?
Posted by Pappy 2018-01-22 14:35||   2018-01-22 14:35|| Front Page Top

#18 It's more likely to happen than a ratings return.
Posted by newc 2018-01-22 14:37||   2018-01-22 14:37|| Front Page Top

#19 Only thing that could possibly change ATL politics Pappy.
Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-22 15:53||   2018-01-22 15:53|| Front Page Top

#20 Someone could make a decent movie out of this!
Posted by Raj 2018-01-22 16:10||   2018-01-22 16:10|| Front Page Top

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