OT: Asteroid nearly hits Earth

[Bigwoofer]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Be nice if there was a way of developing a distributed computing program to search for objects that pose a hazard to Earth.

I wouldn't be surprised if one comes out!

3mb video - neato! We're blowing things up in space soon!

This is awesome! It is important to make sure the human race is aware that we are targets of NEO's - and we're basically making a remote-control gunship to take a chunk out of one. WOOF

:Q

 

[DAPUNISHER]

The irony is that the "impactor" may be based on the Kenetic energy kill weapons developed for the SDI program that were intended to bring down ICBMs without the use of explosives.

 

[Spacehead]

The head of the Astronomy Dept. at a local collage recently built an observatory with a 20" Torus telescope. One of the main projects is searching for Near Earth Asteroids.
I was there a couple of nights ago & he was showing me & another member of our astro club how it operated. Pretty amazing!
As a matter of fact, on my way home that night was when i 1st heard about the latest near miss.

 

[KnickNut3]

Originally posted by: LANMAN
To bad SETI can pick up the sounds as that thing screams by!

That'd be cool. Too bad there's no sound in space