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25 million ton asteroid will be the first in human history to pass close enough to be seen with the naked eye in 2029 (it will pass closer than many of our satellites).
The trouble comes in if the asteroid passes through the "keyhole", an area of our orbit that would cause the asteroid to certainly hit the Earth in 2036. There is a 45,000 to 1 chance of this happening. Once it goes through the keyhole, we do not have the technology to move it the 5,000 miles off its course it would take for it to miss earth.
The tough question comes in that we have the technology to cause it to miss the keyhole, but it would take around 12 years to plan such a mission and would be incredibly expensive. We won't know for sure if it will hit the keyhole until 2021, too late to stop it at our current technological level.
So do we blow the energy and money to divert it now, or risk it?
2007-01-10 16:23:41 · 11 answers · asked by red_necksuck 4 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Not necessary to wait that long.
The first batch created with batteries will soon be running out of batteries.
After that all will be on the minus side forward in planet of apes.
At loss and blurr Batman and Robin of the west and the Joker of the east were blind as a bat at loss and blurr on what went wrong out there in planet of apes.
While little horror chucky keep on kicking their butts and they don't even know it in planet of apes.
Soon everyone will be following The Mummy back to their early graves in planet of apes.
2007-01-10 19:00:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if you locate the size and density of the asteroid, you can calculate the blast effect here.
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/
Regardless of whether we can divert the course of the asteroid, the chance of us actually spending money to do so is close to nil. Disasters prevention just doesn't get funded until the disaster already happened. Just look at Katrina for the best example, everyone should have known that such a disaster was going to happen, yet no real preparation was made for such disaster. An unlikely disaster like this will just be written off, regardless of the extent of devastation if it does occur.
2007-01-11 00:39:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
risk it!
we shouldn't waste money for a 45,000:1 chance.
in fact there is a 4,500:1 chance that any of the nations' leaders get mad and throw off an atom bomb.
however, I won't dislike dying together with all my family and friends at that age (I'll be 48 then), that would be a death of my dreams.
2007-01-11 00:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by tmprrlyTrysta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Newton predicted the apocalypse would come in 2060. So I guess if the asteroid misses us, we'll only have about 30 yrs. anyway.
2007-01-11 00:35:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what they said in tje 60's too, and the 70's and the 80's
2007-01-11 00:33:19 · answer #5 · answered by Chris B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this is true I think it would be better to waste the energy and money rather than have earth destroyed.
2007-01-11 00:34:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
definitely blow the energy and money now. If it don't work then we won't be here to say it didn't work. of it does work then we can be thank full
2007-01-11 00:32:30 · answer #7 · answered by Matthew A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world could end at any time!
2007-01-11 00:45:01 · answer #8 · answered by toxicat13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no this will not happen
2007-01-11 04:08:50 · answer #9 · answered by Stan the man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
weird science......
2007-01-11 00:29:24 · answer #10 · answered by "RED" 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋