billvon 2,426 #1 March 19, 2002 An asteroid came within about 1/4 million miles of hitting us on March 8th. Compared to the scale of the solar system that's a very near miss. It wasn't big enough to cause a climate change, but it could easily have taken out a city or two.And we thought that terrorists with box cutters were our only worry . . .http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/03/19/asteroid.blindside/index.html-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #2 March 19, 2002 boy doesn't this picture make ya feel all warm and fuzzy!!!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #3 March 19, 2002 Ya gotta die of something right? Might as well make it spectacular!!! "I only have a C license, so I don't know shit..right?"-Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #4 March 19, 2002 Wow, that is a cool pic. Who thinks those things up?:::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #5 March 19, 2002 Can't worry about stuff like that though, since we don't really have any power over things screaming towards the earth with a faster fall rate then me or Viking and the displacement of Ohio...So if it hits, it hits, it'd atleast make things interesting for a while, right? At that point I think that a lot of the "petty" world issues would seem to dissolve, if some people survived, that is."I don't want to destroy your sweater, lets be friends and just walk away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #6 March 19, 2002 damn good point. I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #7 March 19, 2002 You can't worry about things you have no control over.........Sebazz......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,426 #8 March 19, 2002 >Can't worry about stuff like that though, since we don't really have any power over things screaming towards the earth . . .Well, right now we don't. Give us 20 years and it shouldn't be a big deal to stop it . . . a tiny nudge, done very far away, will turn a collision into a near miss. Since it's happened at least twice before, and one of those wiped out 90% of the live on earth, it might be a good idea to plan for the possibility.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #9 March 19, 2002 Bill that will be a happy day for earth!! Sebazz......... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #10 March 19, 2002 Quotea tiny nudge, done very far away, will turn a collision into a near miss. And we accidentally take out Jupiter...that'd be good, imagine the gravitational disaster there AND all the "little" space rocks that would pop-up after that...Oh, the idea that an astroid took out 90% of life once before is a theory, hasn't been proven. Probably never will, unless time travel happens (although, I do tend to believe that theory, I'm just being a devil's advocate there...)"I don't want to destroy your sweater, lets be friends and just walk away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #11 March 19, 2002 dave Jupiter is a gas giant, hell when that COMET hit it it barely made a dent (comparison wise seeing as the damage was the size of the earth!!)I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdrew20012001 0 #12 March 19, 2002 Yeah, that would suck. Unless we could pick the city. My vote is for East Palo Alto, California. Or San Jose.Drewfus McDoofus Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #13 March 19, 2002 QuoteYa gotta die of something right? Might as well make it spectacular!!!I thought that was why we all skydive. 20 million bathtubs can't be wrong. . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #14 March 19, 2002 It is a gas giant, but there are theories about a very dense center...either way, the thought still counts. "I don't want to destroy your sweater, lets be friends and just walk away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #15 March 19, 2002 there maybe a mass of somthing int he center but the emense pressure would crush anything coming in. Man if there was somthing in there that would have to be the strongest substance in the universe!I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #16 March 19, 2002 Either way, it would probably piss of the Jupiterites It aint what you fly, its how you fly it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #17 March 19, 2002 QuoteEither way, it would probably piss of the Jupiterites Some how they would probably blame America for it and start some sort of anti-American organization plotting to topple our country..."I don't want to destroy your sweater, lets be friends and just walk away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,426 #18 March 19, 2002 >there maybe a mass of somthing int he center but the emense pressure would crush anything coming in. Naah. Fish live at the bottoms of the seas, and there are even worms (pognophores) that live near sea vents thousands of feet down. They don't care about the pressure because the pressure inside them is the same as outside.-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #19 March 19, 2002 QuoteYeah, that would suck. Unless we could pick the city. My vote is for East Palo Alto, California. Or San Jose.I vote Cleveland.flyhi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #20 March 19, 2002 QuoteI vote Cleveland.What's wrong with Cleveland?"Vindictiveness aside, the matchbook was a decent doubles partner. . ." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #21 March 19, 2002 QuoteI vote Cleveland.Ah.. .the Mistake by the Lake.... lets not... might spill over into Columbus... then you'll see me get REALLY cranky.... I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend... ~3EB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,426 #22 March 19, 2002 >Yeah, that would suck. Unless we could pick the city. You can't pick the city - it would be LA. It's always LA. Don't you watch disaster movies?-bill von Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 15 #23 March 19, 2002 No... look at New York or Washington too.... ID4 and King Kong come to mind.. So does Armagedden..I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend... ~3EB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #24 March 19, 2002 Can we just take out RI, the entire state? What do they do, really? I think mostly they just drive into New York, right? "I don't want to destroy your sweater, lets be friends and just walk away..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viking 0 #25 March 19, 2002 granted fish live at the bottom of the ocean but thats nothing compared to the "depth" of jupiter, remember you can fit several earths from the serface to the core of the planet. Thats alot matter crushing what ever is in there. then again i could be talking out of my ass b/c i am bored as hell.I swear you must have footprints on the back of your helmet - chicagoskydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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