Assume it is only possible to die from the DIRECT impact of a meteorite...not climatic effects, blast wave, thermal pulse, etc. What would be the expected time to squishing?

I'm not sure I understand the question. :-k

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All human life? Way, way, beyond the time necessary to build protection.

Some human life? A particular human life? What?

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I'm not sure, but I think he may be asking what the odds are of getting struck by a meteorite. Kind of like saying earth gets hit by an object X KM wide every Y years, etc.

How many people do you know who've been killed by being hit on the head from a meteorite?

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Yes, I am asking the odds of being lethaly hit by a meteorite. I know the odds are LONG. I just want to know how long.

Space.com has an article which mentions people being hit by meteors. It only lists two people that were directly hit in the last 50 years - and both survived.

Therefore assuming that over 8 billion people are currently living or have lived on Earth in the last 50 years the odds of being killed by a meteor are currently greater than 1:8,000,000,000 8)

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