The Sky is Falling...

[zeitghost]

According to this budding Wernher von Braun....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080415...y_080415214429

[daviejones]

Never did believe a word Chicken Licken said....

[BrilloPad]

According to this budding Wernher von Braun....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080415...y_080415214429

Everyone hates a smart arse.

[The Master]

Both NASA and Marquardt agree that if the asteroid does collide with earth, it will create a ball of iron and iridium 320 metres (1049 feet) wide and weighing 200 billion tonnes, which will crash into the Atlantic Ocean.

The shockwaves from that would create huge tsunami waves, destroying both coastlines and inland areas, whilst creating a thick cloud of dust that would darken the skies indefinitely.

Should solve the global warming problem. See, there's always a bright side.

Not sure how they can predict the impact zone 28 years in advance though whilst taking into account random factors such as striking a satellite.

[TimberWolf]

Should solve the global warming problem. See, there's always a bright side.

Not sure how they can predict the impact zone 28 years in advance though whilst taking into account random factors such as striking a satellite.

One figure is as good as any. Two order of magnitude difference, yeah okay, cool.

[HYpno27]

Geek Alert

Wasn't Apophis the original big bad from Stargate SG-1?

Conspiracy Alert
Does this mean that the US airforce have some prior knowledge?

[BoredBloke]

This is really bad news as I suspect that Bruce Willis will be too old to save us by then - if he isn't already.

[EternalOptimist]

two bodies attract each other with a force proportional to their mass , and inversely proportional to their distance apart.
What we must do is find a truly massive object, something that is otherwise useless, and fire it into space on a diversionary trajectory. I suggest Gordon Browns bogies, if thats not enough mass, Gordon Brown himself should do it. the fat b@st@rd

[Pickle2]

It wont happen, the boy is wrong. The asteroid will pass within the distance of Earth's geosynchronous satellites. However, because Apophis will pass interior to the positions of these satellites at closest approach, in a plane inclined at 40 degrees to the Earth's equator and passing outside the equatorial geosynchronous zone when crossing the equatorial plane, it does not threaten the satellites in that heavily populated region.

HTH

[DimPrawn]

It wont happen, the boy is wrong. The asteroid will pass within the distance of Earth's geosynchronous satellites. However, because Apophis will pass interior to the positions of these satellites at closest approach, in a plane inclined at 40 degrees to the Earth's equator and passing outside the equatorial geosynchronous zone when crossing the equatorial plane, it does not threaten the satellites in that heavily populated region.

HTH

I thought exactly the same thing when I read the article, but was too embarassed to say.