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2020-08-18 Science & Technology

Pickup truck-sized asteroid flew within 2K miles of Earth on Sunday and NASA didn't see it

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Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-18 10:40|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Well, those are very small rocks and if they don't have a great reflection, we can't see them.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-08-18 10:55|| 2020-08-18 10:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Smaller than a re-entering MIRV, which we are assured is detectable?

Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-18 11:13|| 2020-08-18 11:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Because NASA looking at Mecca?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-08-18 11:29|| 2020-08-18 11:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Big block Chevy with sidepipes?

Posted by Raj 2020-08-18 12:19|| 2020-08-18 12:19|| Front Page Top

#5 So long as they call they asteroid by its preferred pronouns, we should be fine.

#NASAPriorities

Posted by charger 2020-08-18 13:47|| 2020-08-18 13:47|| Front Page Top

#6 Smaller than a re-entering MIRV, which we are assured is detectable?

Different animal. We can track the launch and the trajectory with thermal, then radar. An MIRV coming in from deep space would most likely catch us completely by surprise.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-08-18 14:41|| 2020-08-18 14:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Hell I can't see those little Toyota pickup jobs when they are 10 feet behind me.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-08-18 15:17|| 2020-08-18 15:17|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ heh

Posted by Frank G 2020-08-18 15:35|| 2020-08-18 15:35|| Front Page Top

#9 When I lived at White Sands Proving Grounds in the late 50's Dogs proved better at locating fallen missile parts than man or instruments . Before firing, critical missile parts were sprayed with squalene, a shark liver oil almost odorless to humans but easily detected by dogs.

Posted by crazyhorse 2020-08-18 17:52|| 2020-08-18 17:52|| Front Page Top

#10 Picture of the Asteroid:

Posted by CrazyFool 2020-08-18 18:47|| 2020-08-18 18:47|| Front Page Top

#11 An MIRV coming in from deep space would most likely catch us completely by surprise.

Say it with me. X-37C

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-18 19:57|| 2020-08-18 19:57|| Front Page Top

#12 Pickup truck-sized asteroid flew within 2K miles of Earth on Sunday and NASA didn't see it

It was Frank in a hurry to get home and he missed his exit.

Posted by gorb 2020-08-18 22:23|| 2020-08-18 22:23|| Front Page Top

#13 It was Frank in a hurry to get home

The things you think of, gorb!

Posted by trailing wife 2020-08-18 22:34|| 2020-08-18 22:34|| Front Page Top

#14 Cop who pulled over George Jetson: "What do you think this is, the Indianapolis 500,000?"

Posted by Clem 2020-08-18 23:09|| 2020-08-18 23:09|| Front Page Top

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