The Official Ratz Thread For Asteroid 2012 DA14

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The Official Ratz Thread For Asteroid 2012 DA14

Post by Atheist-Lite » Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:52 am

http://rt.com/news/paint-asteroid-earth-nasa-767

Deadly asteroid bounds towards Earth out of the blue

To avert a new apocalypse – this time set for February 2013 – scientists suggest confronting asteroid 2012 DA14 with either paint, or big guns. The tough part of either scheme is that time has long run out to build a spaceship for any operation.
­NASA confirms the 60-meter (197-feet) asteroid, spotted by Spanish stargazers in February, has a good chance of colliding with Earth in eleven months.

The rock's closest approach to the planet is scheduled for February 15, 2013, when the distance between the planet and space wanderer will be under 27,000 km (16,700 miles). This is lower than the geosynchronous orbit kept by the Google Maps satellite.

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Post by Faithfree » Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:27 am

Umm ...... according to the link to the Near Earth Object Program the first close pass date is 16 Feb 2020 with only a 0.0012% (1 in 83,000 chance) chance of Earth impact. :ask:

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html
Although it may look like a forum, this site is actually a crowd-sourced science project modelling the slow but inexorable heat death of the universe.

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Post by Atheist-Lite » Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:38 am

Faithfree wrote:Umm ...... according to the link to the Near Earth Object Program the first close pass date is 16 Feb 2020 with only a 0.0012% (1 in 83,000 chance) chance of Earth impact. :ask:

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2012da14.html
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Post by Audley Strange » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:40 pm

It's only a harbinger for the next piece of apocalyptic shit the planet's chicken littles need to cluck about. What amuses is me is why.

It's not like in the event of total global annihilation, they're going to get their "told you so" moment.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:45 pm

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Post by Rum » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:48 pm

Audley Strange wrote:It's only a harbinger for the next piece of apocalyptic shit the planet's chicken littles need to cluck about. What amuses is me is why.

It's not like in the event of total global annihilation, they're going to get their "told you so" moment.
In my view it reflects a small minded, self focused and ego-centric view of life and history. To think that of all the generations this is the one where the end will come, god returns or whatever reflects that.

It is also pretty common especially fr Christians, who have taken every possibly permutation of the calender as an excuse to get hysterical about de laud coming back.

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Post by Audley Strange » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:54 pm

Rum wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:It's only a harbinger for the next piece of apocalyptic shit the planet's chicken littles need to cluck about. What amuses is me is why.

It's not like in the event of total global annihilation, they're going to get their "told you so" moment.
In my view it reflects a small minded, self focused and ego-centric view of life and history. To think that of all the generations this is the one where the end will come, god returns or whatever reflects that.

It is also pretty common especially fr Christians, who have taken every possibly permutation of the calender as an excuse to get hysterical about de laud coming back.
So is it then, do you think, a cultural thing or inherent to us as a species? I wonder about this, given that I have at least one voice inside me (yes it's me not a seperate identity) that is always doom and gloom, the self defeating voice of fear. However it is not my default but I wonder if it is for some people.

It could well be some people just like existential horror, the way I like supernatural horror, I dunno. Seems a bit more interesting that talking about another fucking flying rock.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:55 pm

If Earth doesn't want to be hit by a dinosaur killer, it should get off its lazy ass and move out of the way.
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Post by Audley Strange » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:01 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:If Earth doesn't want to be hit by a dinosaur killer, it should get off its lazy ass and move out of the way.
The dinosaurs are already dead, FUCK YOU space boulder!!!
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:07 pm

Audley Strange wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:If Earth doesn't want to be hit by a dinosaur killer, it should get off its lazy ass and move out of the way.
The dinosaurs are already dead, FUCK YOU space boulder!!!
I think it's after the dinosaurs in the Vatican.
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Post by Rum » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:08 pm

Audley Strange wrote:
Rum wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:It's only a harbinger for the next piece of apocalyptic shit the planet's chicken littles need to cluck about. What amuses is me is why.

It's not like in the event of total global annihilation, they're going to get their "told you so" moment.
In my view it reflects a small minded, self focused and ego-centric view of life and history. To think that of all the generations this is the one where the end will come, god returns or whatever reflects that.

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It could well be some people just like existential horror, the way I like supernatural horror, I dunno. Seems a bit more interesting that talking about another fucking flying rock.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:10 pm

Rum wrote:Well we all die in the end. Perhaps it is a tendency for humans to think it will be part of some grand plan when we pop our clogs!
I had my own mortality reminder last week. :sadcheer:
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Post by Atheist-Lite » Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:38 pm

It's the thought we'll all go together that appeals to me. The idea of dying alone is quite sad. If everyone else is doing it besides me I figure there is safety in numbers, or something like that? :smoke:
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