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02-18-2007, 11:17 PM
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U.N. Urged to Take On Asteroid Threat
Something else to lose sleep over:
Updated:2007-02-18 18:01:41
U.N. Urged to Take On Asteroid Threat
By Irene Klotz
Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 18) - An asteroid may come uncomfortably close to Earth in 2036 and the United Nations should assume responsibility for a space mission to deflect it, a group of astronauts, engineers and scientists said on Saturday.
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles...00010000000001
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02-18-2007, 11:24 PM
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I expect the UN to vote for surrender to the threatening asteroid in the next few days.
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02-18-2007, 11:53 PM
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Hey, if it's my time to go, I might as well go like the dinosaurs.
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02-19-2007, 12:05 AM
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Funding will be approved, then dispensed to some third world country. That third world country will consequently build new palaces for its governmental officials.
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02-19-2007, 12:13 AM
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They can get Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton to drill a hole in it & get it all blow'd up.
Last edited by CutiePie2000; 02-19-2007 at 02:14 AM.
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02-19-2007, 12:46 AM
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Remember that experiment that Nasa did where it landed a probe on a comet or asteroid and then took a sample? Big explosion?
I was wondering if that was practice for something like this.
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02-19-2007, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevin
Funding will be approved, then dispensed to some third world country. That third world country will consequently build new palaces for its governmental officials.
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Asteroid then hits earth and the blame will be placed on George W. Bush and his Cabinet.........many of whom are probably dead from old age.
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02-19-2007, 01:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin
Funding will be approved, then dispensed to some third world country. That third world country will consequently build new palaces for its governmental officials.
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OIL FOR ASTEROIDS!
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02-19-2007, 03:06 AM
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I doubt Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck will be too busy to help out in 2036...
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02-21-2007, 10:11 AM
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Hey, if it's my time to go, I might as well go like the dinosaurs.
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LOL
I don't know what it is, but I am seriously amused by a lot of random statements this morning
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02-21-2007, 10:13 AM
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I find it really fascinating that they can predict - down to the DAY - when this thing might hit.
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Astronomers are monitoring an asteroid named Apophis, which has a 1 in 45,000 chance of striking Earth on April 13, 2036.
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02-21-2007, 10:46 AM
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Don't wanna fall asleep...don't wanna close my eyes because the asteroid would miss us baby and I don't wanna miss a thing! Sorry, had to.
Anyway...Shiner, never mind Jersey Girl, what about Gigli? Seriously, get your priorities straight.
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02-21-2007, 10:55 AM
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I find it really fascinating that they can predict - down to the DAY - when this thing might hit.
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Too bad the weather channel can't tell me whether its going to be raining or sunny 6 hours from now. I'm simply stunned that they have the audacity to post that 10 day forecast, and Accuweather has a 15 day one...you gotta be kidding me. Hell, you've usually got a 50 percent chance of being right, and they don't even take that risk, predicting days 2-8 as "Partly cloudy, possible chance of rain low of 20 high of 80"
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