"A huge asteroid is on a catastrophic collision course with Earth and mankind is poised to go the way of the dinosaurs."
"The proposals are at an early stage, and a spacecraft needed just to send an astronaut that far into space exists only on the drawing board, but they are deadly serious. A smallish asteroid called Apophis has already been identified as a possible threat to Earth in 2036."
"A 1bn tonne asteroid just 1km across striking the Earth at a 45 degree angle could generate the equivalent of a 50,000 megatonne thermonuclear explosion."
Friday, November 17, 2006
Oh Fuck
Wanted: man to land on killer asteroid and gently nudge it from path to Earth | Science | Guardian Unlimited:
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Let me be the first to volunteer Bruce Willis for the job. Oh and he's too busy or something, I've got a whole list of possible substitutes.
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