Fact or Science fiction? The MN4 thread
Dragontide
12-10-2006, 12:06
The whole thing sounds like science fiction!
But the fact is: on Friday, April the 13th 2029, Asteroid MN4 will pass beneath our communications satellites
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/13may_2004mn4.htm?friend
In 2035 (on another Friday the 13th) it will return and may hit us.
And there is a plan to build a ship to divert it with gravity.
http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/051109_asteroid_tractor.html
Do we want to take the chance of ripping it apart while trying to divert it?
Would ripping it apart and taking our chances with smaller pieces be the best plan?
Thats one big damm ship. If it is going to be built, it needs to be started on soon.
Thoughts?
Is Bruce Willis involved?
I V Stalin
12-10-2006, 12:17
In 2035 (on another Friday the 13th) it will return and may hit us.
According to the NASA site article:
The asteroid's trajectory will bend approximately 28 degrees during the encounter, "a result of Earth's gravitational pull," explains Giorgini. What happens next is uncertain. Some newspapers have stated that the asteroid might swing around and hit Earth after all in 2035 or so, but Giorgini discounts that: "Our ability to 'see' where 2004 MN4 will go (by extrapolating its orbit) is so blurred out by the 2029 Earth encounter, it can't even be said for certain what side of the sun 2004 MN4 will be on in 2035. Talk of Earth encounters in 2035 is premature."
So it might not return in 2035.
Skinny87
12-10-2006, 12:21
The truth is revealed!
I knew North Korea wasn't building those nukes for evil intent! They've built them to prevent the comet from posibly hitting us! All hail our anti-comet saviours!
The truth is revealed!
I knew North Korea wasn't building those nukes for evil intent! They've built them to prevent the comet from posibly hitting us! All hail our anti-comet saviours!
Dear Leader has saved the Earth, all glory to Dear Leader!
Dragontide
12-10-2006, 12:39
Is Bruce Willis involved?
He'll have to ask Russell:
http://www.wired.com/news/space/0,2697,67630,00.html
Greyenivol Colony
12-10-2006, 17:39
That should be cool to watch. I'll have to remember to be atop some stable high ground... you never can be too careful with Tsunami.
Pompous world
12-10-2006, 17:45
whats the deal with friday the 13th? Something always bad happens on that day. Its some cosmic joke I tell you!
Wilgrove
12-10-2006, 18:15
whats the deal with friday the 13th? Something always bad happens on that day. Its some cosmic joke I tell you!
That's the day God has his prostate exam, and that always puts him in a bad mood.
That's the day God has his prostate exam, and that always puts him in a bad mood.
A rare dose of humor from Wilgrove strikes.
Anyway, I think it's a wee bit premature to start building a ship just to send that asteroid away. Yeah, if the math eventually points to it hitting Earth, we should, and in the meantime have the design schematics perfected, but building a ship now that wouldn't be used for twenty years? Bad. Idea.
Intra-Muros
12-10-2006, 22:32
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/asteroid_deflection_020404.html
There's another one... I wonder why they bother, a 1 in 300 chance, and not to even come close for more than 800 years. Talk about long term planning, by then we probably have more than the TNT they suggest using...
Finally, something is going to kill all humans. And unlike Hitler, we can't stop this thing.:)
Liberated New Ireland
12-10-2006, 23:11
Will the hit be anything like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auikBu7soMs&feature=PlayList&p=0C3023E9441DAE43&index=1?
'cause that would be AWESOME
New Domici
13-10-2006, 00:35
whats the deal with friday the 13th? Something always bad happens on that day. Its some cosmic joke I tell you!
Really? It's always been a pretty lucky day for me.
New Domici
13-10-2006, 00:36
Finally, something is going to kill all humans. And unlike Hitler, we can't stop this thing.:)
But what about my army of evil robots? I was going to figure out how to code for evil any day now. I'm sure of it. :(
Finally, something is going to kill all humans. And unlike Hitler, we can't stop this thing.:)
You sound pretty happy about that Posi. :p
Greyenivol Colony
13-10-2006, 02:22
Will the hit be anything like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auikBu7soMs&feature=PlayList&p=0C3023E9441DAE43&index=1?
'cause that would be AWESOME
Man... metal sucks so hard, I don't know why anyone would listen to it.
Its a cool video though, its a shame I had to mute it.
Will the hit be anything like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auikBu7soMs&feature=PlayList&p=0C3023E9441DAE43&index=1?
'cause that would be AWESOME
I'd imagine the guitar solo would be a bit longer, and the words slightly more legible. But other than that....
Man... metal sucks so hard, I don't know why anyone would listen to it.
Its a cool video though, its a shame I had to mute it.
(just for the record, that is only a small sampling of metal. I love metal, and hate that)[/hijack]
Swabians
13-10-2006, 02:38
Is Bruce Willis involved?
Bruce Willis rox my sox.
Bruce Willis rox my sox.
Bruce Willis stole my socks.
Liberated New Ireland
13-10-2006, 02:54
(just for the record, that is only a small sampling of metal. I love metal, and hate that)[/hijack]
You don't like Lamb of God???
What metal do you like?