In what year is the giant meteor going to hit the Earth? And will the Americans save us?

Answer 1

If we rely on the americans we're all doomed.
Unless it's discovered that there is oil on the meteor. Then they'll declare it a WMD, invade it and remove whatever oil they can find and destroy the rest.
It's how they operate after all...

Answer 2

A Giant Meteor could Hit Earth at Any Time

Answer 3

A meteor could hit us at anytime. Because people actually want to be paid for doing a job (weird, huh?), and the general populace of the US does not think it is important, there are more workers at McDonald's on the lunch shift than there are employed in total to search for NEOs (Near Earth Objects) or objects that may have an eventual intercept course with our planet. And no, the Americans will not save you because everyone else on this planet just wants us to go away and be left alone.

Answer 4

There are programs in place such as the LINEAR Project and Spaceguard Project which are set up to detect Near-Earth Objects (NEO's - mostly asteroids) and comets that might potentially threaten the Earth with an impact or airburst event (look up the Tuguska Event but try to ignore to goofier sci-fi theories that it was an off-course alien spaceship). The Tunguska Event clearly demonstrates that it isn't necessary for an impact to occur to cause widespread damage. I've listed an interesting site below where you can calculate the effects of various impacts.

While there is considerable research and thought being given to the problem of dealing with the threat of asteroidal or cometary impact, there are no set plans, programs, mechanisms, or technologies currently in place to ward off such an event. There is a great deal that we don't know about the physical nature of asteroids (some of which are dense, solid rock while others are loosely consolidated masses of rock, dust, and gravel) or how best to deal with one that threatens us. Would blowing them up with nuclear warheads work? Maybe. But it could be that they'd have little or no effect at all, or that such an explosion could break up the asteroid into multiple pieces that could still threaten the planet with a "shotgun blast" of large meteorites. And the same goes for comets; there's still very much we don't know about them.

Is it possible to alter an asteroid's orbit? Again, maybe. Several research groups, such as the B612 Foundation, are investigating this idea and are developing new technologies, but they're likely several years away from implementation.

As for the Americans saving us, I wouldn't count on it. They have more pressing problems right now, namely in the form of George Bush and the neocon Fourth Reich (which, unfortunately, makes it everybody else's problem too...)

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Answer 5

I don't know when any meteor might hit, but we Americans would save us and everyone else if it were possible. Then everyone would forget about it and become ungrateful within 5 years and resume the US-bashing that is so popular.

Answer 6

Who are you? An illegal mexican immigrant? Or are you a Canadian? (No offense, i'm a Canadain, too.)

And no, the giant meteor is not going to hit the earth until about 24 million years later, no need to worry about that.

Answer 7

the only giant meteor that's going to hit us is the price of fuel...and you know what???? it's a gift from the americans.lol

Answer 8

will the Americans save us? hmmm... half the world says we should mind our own business, the other half want us to save them... you know, it's becoming increasingly difficult to be everyone's big brother... but yeah! we'll save you. can you chip in for the gas to fuel the rocket we shoot at the meteor? it's expensive here!

Answer 9

It's already happened and yes the Americans saved us. They sent up Clint Eastwood and a bunch of his old buddies. Kaboom! Ker-pow! Weeee! and then swoosh! and boy G.W. you should'a been there...we really needed a chicken hawk wid' us! And oh yah, KERBLANG!

Answer 10

A Giant Meteor!? I hope it doesn't happen, but if it does then we are all f u cked!