Animation of Asteroids Passing Near Earth

hoofbeats · Post by **hoofbeats** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:00 am

......GULP!!!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:02 am

God will protect us.

Or not.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:20 am

Are the asteroids to scale?

BoneQuint · Post by **BoneQuint** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 3:25 am

Simple solution to that, with many expert operators around:

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:42 am

The Bad news is, my cannon doesn't seem to work, but the good news is that I haven't lost a life yet....

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:17 am

Cranberry wrote:God will protect us.
...
Or not.

Yeah, He just said He wouldn't use water again. He didn't say a thing
about death via asteroid. In fact, the way the ice caps are going, He
might want to hurry up with that asteroid lest He break His divine
promise to Noah.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:34 am

Where's Bruce Willis when you need him?

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:45 am

fearfaoin wrote:
Cranberry wrote:God will protect us.
...
Or not.
Yeah, He just said He wouldn't use water again. He didn't say a thing
about death via asteroid. In fact, the way the ice caps are going, He
might want to hurry up with that asteroid lest He break His divine
promise to Noah.

How about a double-shot?

the Bible wrote: Rev. 8:8-11 (NKJV)

Then the second angel sounded: And something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. And a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:46 am

Cranberry wrote:God will protect us.

Or not.

How do we know that it really isn't God's plan to smack us a good one with a giant sized lump of rock and iron (among other minerals and metal)?

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:07 am

SOME say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

Robert Frost.

Oh, wait, wrong thread! Hang on, is it?
Argh! My head is literally spinning....

TelegramSam · Post by **TelegramSam** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:14 am

Most of those asteroids are the size of baseballs or less, just so you know. There aren't many asteroids in this part of the solar system that are large enough to survive a trip through our atmosphere, much less cause a destructive impact.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:17 am

TelegramSam wrote:Most of those asteroids are the size of baseballs or less, just so you know. There aren't many asteroids in this part of the solar system that are large enough to survive a trip through our atmosphere, much less cause a destructive impact.

... that we know of. It is an awfully big universe.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:19 am

Joseph E. Smith wrote:
TelegramSam wrote:Most of those asteroids are the size of baseballs or less, just so you know. There aren't many asteroids in this part of the solar system that are large enough to survive a trip through our atmosphere, much less cause a destructive impact.
... that we know of. It is an awfully big universe.

I have a map. The universe appears to be about a foot long. Just so you know.

Tyler · Post by **Tyler** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:31 am

Cranberry wrote:
Joseph E. Smith wrote:
TelegramSam wrote:Most of those asteroids are the size of baseballs or less, just so you know. There aren't many asteroids in this part of the solar system that are large enough to survive a trip through our atmosphere, much less cause a destructive impact.
... that we know of. It is an awfully big universe.
I have a map. The universe appears to be about a foot long. Just so you know.

Starfleet Lybrary System called; they said that map you checked out is a week overdue.