30-November-2008, 03:19 PM
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Order of Kilopi
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Originally Posted by some dumb kid
i was watching an interview with micho kaku (who wrote physics of the impossible wich is one of my favorite books) talking about "city buster" and "planet buster" asteroids and while im not really worried (big surprise i know) i was wondering how far ahead we can predict these deadly asteroids cause getting hit on the head with a rock the size of an apartment building isnt exactly high on my list of ways to die (its down there with "ebola virus" and "zombie outbreak")
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Hmm. I'm unsure about whether to give you these links...
Call for global asteroid spotting network
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Some 6,000 cosmic objects circulating around the planet are currently known to experts in the field, the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) told a press conference at the UN headquarters in Vienna, where it presented its report "Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response."
And of these, up to 1,000 had a diameter of 150 kilometres (93 miles) or more, meaning they could cause major damage to the Earth's surface, prompting fires, tsunamis and ensuing disasters like famine, it said.
The organisation includes some 320 members from 34 countries, all of whom have already been in space.
Although it should be possible to predict a collision up to 15 years before it occurs, the technology needed to divert an incoming asteroid has yet to be developed and this will require international cooperation, they said.
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The Association of Space Explorers website contains the full report, plus lots of other terrifying links and info. ASE/NEO
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