maroonlegions Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) While these recently detected asteroids by NASA will be close they are safe and will not impact earth. Point is should there be a more indepth look at the science behind getting defence systems in place. Is it possible in today's technology to have the teck that could be used to deflect these possible life ending monsters wiping out life on earth. Football field-sized asteroid inbound today, with another 180-footer to follow this weekend, NASA warns; Quote; "NASA is sounding the alarm over several incoming space rocks, one of which is due to pass within a third of the distance between the Earth and the moon. To kick things off amid yet another rocky month for Earth and its asteroid hunters, on Tuesday, asteroid 2009 PQ1, measuring 110 meters in diameter, will come within 4.1 million kilometers of Earth. This will be followed just days later by asteroid 2020 OL4 (diameter: 37m) at a distance of 3.6 million km, on Saturday August 8. " "But wait, there’s more! The end of August will see another flurry of asteroidal activity, with three space rocks, ranging in size from a family car to a passenger plane, will skim past us. On August 23 and 26, 2020 FA1 (19m) and 2016AH164 (3.9m) will fly past the earth at distances seven and six million kilometers respectively. All perfectly safe." Edited August 6, 2020 by maroonlegions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Can’t Bruce Willis deal with these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Just now, highlandjambo3 said: Can’t Bruce Willis deal with these? Jazz Coleman has the top one bossed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 4 hours ago, highlandjambo3 said: Can’t Bruce Willis deal with these? Cream sorted mine out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Internet Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Nah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Asteroids are a pain in the arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 9 minutes ago, Morgan said: Asteroids are a pain in the arse. Aye, but just you wait untill one of them bloody great big Hemorrhoids from outer space come crashing into us, tben you'll have something to moan about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodanny Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Asteroids my arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 There are tons of space companies looking to mine them, rather than worrying about them. The Japanese have already got samples from one and their spacecraft is on its way back. Planning for what to do after we've run out of raw materials on Earth is a wise move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, whodanny said: Asteroids my arse. Preparation H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Some arcade game back in the day. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tott Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Weakened Offender said: Some arcade game back in the day. 😎 Cutting edge graphics.. Had an original in the house about 25 years ago, gave it away ,probably worth a fortune now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tott said: Cutting edge graphics.. Had an original in the house about 25 years ago, gave it away ,probably worth a fortune now. Still a blast. 😎 Defender, Galaxian and that one where you had to 'make rockets dock.' Magic times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tott Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Weakened Offender said: Still a blast. 😎 Defender, Galaxian and that one where you had to 'make rockets dock.' Magic times. Phoenix? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 minutes ago, Tott said: Phoenix? Sounds familiar. I was on holiday in Jersey as a yoof and had unlimited credits on that in the hotel. Played it all week and was still shite. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tott Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Weakened Offender said: Sounds familiar. I was on holiday in Jersey as a yoof and had unlimited credits on that in the hotel. Played it all week and was still shite. 🙄 We used to strim them for credits with the inner parts of an electronic cigarette lighter. Got your arse booted when caught mind you. Edited August 6, 2020 by Tott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Cade said: There are tons of space companies looking to mine them, rather than worrying about them. The Japanese have already got samples from one and their spacecraft is on its way back. Planning for what to do after we've run out of raw materials on Earth is a wise move. i'm sure i've seen reports that they reckon that some have decent amounts of precious metals like gold on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, maroonlegions said: While these recently detected asteroids by NASA will be close they are safe and will not impact earth. Point is should there be a more indepth look at the science behind getting defence systems in place. Is it possible in today's technology to have the teck that could be used to deflect these possible life ending monsters wiping out life on earth. To have any chance at all it would have to be seen a long way out. Months at a minimum and probably years. And even then I can think of no currently feasible way to stop it. And consider this. If something sizeable were coming at us from the direction of the sun we wont see it till it's lighting up the sky. There are scores which cross our orbit. We just don't happen to be in that spot at the time. Anything coming inside the orbit of the moon is a near miss. And may have it's orbit altered by the close passage. Edited August 6, 2020 by JFK-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whodanny Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 8 hours ago, Morgan said: Preparation H. Anusol. Comes in handy travel size tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo-Jimbo Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 12 hours ago, Weakened Offender said: Still a blast. 😎 Defender, Galaxian and that one where you had to 'make rockets dock.' Magic times. Life was much more relaxed and fun back then, or at least that's the way it seemed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroonlegions Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 21 hours ago, JFK-1 said: To have any chance at all it would have to be seen a long way out. Months at a minimum and probably years. And even then I can think of no currently feasible way to stop it. And consider this. If something sizeable were coming at us from the direction of the sun we wont see it till it's lighting up the sky. There are scores which cross our orbit. We just don't happen to be in that spot at the time. Anything coming inside the orbit of the moon is a near miss. And may have it's orbit altered by the close passage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Humans need wiped out, so bring it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theshed Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On 06/08/2020 at 22:19, Weakened Offender said: Some arcade game back in the day. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 08/08/2020 at 08:38, theshed said: I had that. ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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