i really think there`s an asteriod out there somewhere headed for earth...who knows?

Question

it should certainly end mankind......and its gonna happen sooner....why dont NASA do anything to stop or prevent it from happening...example....like a rocket to intercept the object and bam make it go boom!!...orr..space vehicle to transport people to another planet.....or even artificial space home....whatever you call it i dont know..im quite bothered....check out this tags.. EXTINCT,DINASOURS,MAN,EARTH,LIFE,END...now do you even care?think about it...do we still want to live through the future?2050 flying cars...robots...space stations..titanium like buildings...

Answer 1

If it is big enough it may end mankind. What is true that sooner or later one will hit us (again - it has happened many times in the past already). Even a small one would potentially do a lot of damage to our way of life.

NASA is not 'doing anything about it' as

1: Not many people want to pay for this (NASA is funded by the taxes of US Citizens).

2: Even if the US population wanted to pay more taxes to fix this issue, there is not a lot anyone can do to intercept and stop an incoming asteriod with our current technology. We don't have any big and powerful rockets that can take large payload or crew out of earth orbit. The last ones that could (Saturn Rockets) were retired decades ago and the plans destroyed (or lost depending on source).

3: We probably wouldn't have enough time to prevent an impact as we wouldn't idendify the threat it is too late. A year's notice would be not enough, and many of these objects are only noticed *after* they have passed.

4: Be Alarmed, as they are out there, but be calm as there is little that could be done anyway.

Answer 2

What do you want them to do? Even the largest bombs we have will not do anything to a large asteroid. The asteroid which has a 1 in 45000 chance of hitting us in 2034/2035 is about 1000 feet across, relatively small, but if they detonate something on it, they may just reduce the odds to 1 in 1000. Would you take that risk?
If an asteroid that size hits an unpopulated area like Siberia or central Australia or the Sahara, the damage would be minimal. It is not a world destroying event. It could be locally catastrophic, particularly if it hits a large city. Below is a site which predicts the damage from a 500 yard asteroid (The one in 2035 will do less damage if it hits).

Answer 3

Asteroids are hurtling through space in all directions and it is only a matter of time before one hits us.I think NASA would need a lot of evidence of an impending collision with an asteroid before they spend a lot of money for a solution.

If an asteroid of gigantic size is going to collide with the earth i doubt whether anything can be done to stop it or divert it .
We may have new techniques available in 30 or 40 years from now if we don't get hit in the meantime.

Answer 4

There's an asteroid out there that will pass close to Earth in 2028, then either hit us, or be a near miss in about 2034. If it is on an impact course, NASA better do something about it, seeing that if it hits us, you can say goodbye to the human race, but if nothing can be done, nothing can be done, and all the worrying in the universe can change that, so I'm not worried. Also, asteroids have hit Earth in the past, and will hit in the future!

Answer 5

It's called Apophis, and it will miss us in 2029. After that, who knows? The gravitational effect of the pass by Earth will change its orbit slightly. Blowing it up won't work, it would just make matters worse. Your best bet is for an intercept, and give it a tiny nudge in the right direction.

Answer 6

With all due respect...

If you are seriously bothered about this situation, you should write your congressman and tell him or her about it.

Write your local legislature and ask them to pass some new laws against Asteroids hitting the Earth without our permission.

Go to your local sign company and purchase some Custom Signs that say "ASTEROIDS PROHIBITED." Post them in places around your property which are clearly visable from space. Give them advance notice that serious legal repercussions will result from violation of your warning.

Last, but not least, if you are really serious about being frightened about unwelcome guests from space i would go to K-9 dot com and check out the possible purchase of a K-9
attack dog to guard your property from outside attack by aliens or foreign asteroids. i hear that they do a marvelous job and are fairly inexpensive to maintain.

Answer 7

Yep, you're so right..! Here's food for thought to go along with your post -- In 2002 a good-sized asteroid missed Earth by only 75,000 miles (..the moon is 240,000 miles away..) Not only was this the closest a known asteroid has come to Earth recently, but we didn't know it was even around until several days AFTER it passed by us.

Answer 8

this is the truth we can't stop it or shall i say them there are numerous of them in our way thousands upon thousands but chances are we wont hit them for another hundred years most of them never but sorry your booom theory wont work on most of the asteroids in our way. why because some of them are clusters of many little asteroids kept together by one big asteroid which provides enough gravity to keep the cluster together .it can't be blown because chances are that the rocket will be hit and destroyed before reaching the target and even if it does they may have enough gravity to re cluster and continue to approach as if nothing has happened look at the bright side if it hit most people will die painlessly

Answer 9

asteroids are zipping by earth by the hundreds every year. The thing is, near all of them are so small that they dicintegrate before they can hit the ground. Plus, the other planets around ours sort of act as a barrier, and their gravitational pull throws off the asteroid.

Answer 10

Odds are that an asteroid will hit Earth sooner or later.