observer Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Seems a giant asteroid will pass us by in November - just hope those scientists have got their calculations right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 What difference would it make if they haven't? It's either on course to hit us, or it's not - nothing anyone can do about it either way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 nothing anyone can do about it either way! Bruce Willis could do it {again} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Nah just use some of those nuke the yanks and russians have up there to sort it out. Depends on how close it is going to get, Miles, hundreds of miles, millions of miles, five foot eleven and three quarter inches.? Also how big is it. larger than bus, smaller than welsh mountain.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Perhaps the Gov could go on a spending spree - just in case?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Typical though innit. Just bought two new tyres for the car and the chances are will never get to see how long they last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Oooh blummin' heck I thought the word was supposed to be ending in Dec 2012 not this year.... well according to Nostradamus anyway. Maybe he got the year slightly wrong Actually if it IS going to end I have a lot of things I need to do plus is there any point in us paying our corporation tax bill... or other bills.. and should we just run up huge debts on our credit cards and enjoy our final 6 or 18 months Do you think bin ladens supporters will strike everywhere with their revenge attack before it's too late or will they too think sod it everyones going to die anyway so lets just party Joking aside my son heard about the asteroid on the tv and with that and nostradamus's prediction and threats by bin lids lot he's really freaked out by it all and is convinced we are all going to die very soon and to make it worse he's not managed to get an apprenticeship/job or learned to drive yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Joking aside my son heard about the asteroid on the tv and with that and nostradamus's prediction and threats by bin lids lot he's really freaked out by it all and is convinced we are all going to die very soon and to make it worse he's not managed to get an apprenticeship/job or learned to drive yet Just tell him that if the world does end soon he'll have had a whole lifetime of not having to work and being chaufeurred around everywhere. Not many are that privileged! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Depends on how close it is going to get, Miles, hundreds of miles, millions of miles, five foot eleven and three quarter inches.? Also how big is it. larger than bus, smaller than welsh mountain.? Seems the Devil is in the details Sid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Just tell him that if the world does end soon he'll have had a whole lifetime of not having to work and being chaufeurred around everywhere. Not many are that privileged! Do you think I should be worried about what he may think he 'needs' to do or try out before it all ends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Wonder if the Gov have prepared a sub-terrainian refuge for "key" people, to survive the nuclear winter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Oooh blummin' heck I thought the word was supposed to be ending in Dec 2012 not this year.... well according to Nostradamus anyway. Maybe he got the year slightly wrong He got everything wrong, in my short 22 years on this planet ive survived several "Nostradamus scares". I even remember watching a Nostradamus night special on channel 4 when the world was going to end in 1998 If a collision is immiment, as soon as its discovered it would be kept top secret, simply for this reason, I have a lot of things I need to do plus is there any point in us paying our corporation tax bill... or other bills.. and should we just run up huge debts on our credit cards and enjoy our final 6 or 18 months If the government did manage to send Bruce Willis up there, and alter its course (no nukes, the resultant pieces will be radioactive, and kill us that way) then there will be simply no economy left, and many would die from riots and violence if they announced it a year before. Right now they could be sending a mission to an astroid thats due to strike next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Believe they've spotted an asteroid (1950DA?), which will hit the Earth around 2850. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 Wow Observer - you really are on a gloom and doom kick today - this and the volcano thing. There is nothing we can do about it if it happens unless you have a very deep bunker and many years provisions! Even then who knows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Believe they've spotted an asteroid (1950DA?), which will hit the Earth around 2850. and in 2011, this will bother us because?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Depends on whether your a survivalist or a fatalist Baz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 They can mean the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Seems the use of missiles to "blow up" an asteroid (as seen in the movies) is a no no. Scientists estimate it would require a 1,000kt warhead to provide the required energy (current warheads average 20kt), which (in the case of an accident) could pose a bigger problem. So the latest theory, is to develope a giant magnifying glass, which would concentrate energy on one spot on the asteroid, causing it to veer off course - it would take about 10 years to build though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 I'm more concerned about my hemorrhoids than asteroids !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Nice...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted May 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 job for a pile driver then?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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