On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 10:08, TM Raines <[email protected]> wrote: > Say Steve, > > Isn't this test scheduled to coincide with the Asterioid 2005 YU55 hitting > the earth??? > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/04/asteroid-2005-yu55-earth-2011_n_1076838.html > > I'll be Underground, Terry > > Hmmm....I hadn't thought about that. This news blurb is most reassuring:
"There is no chance that this object will collide with the Earth or moon," Don Yeomans <http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/deepimpact/science/dyeomans.cfm>, the manager of NASA's Near Earth Object Program office, told Reuters<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/04/us-space-asteroid-idUSTRE7A36FN20111104>. No chance? Isn't that a bit like the accident-waiting-to-happen preceded by "watch this"? And, if there was a chance, would they really tell us? Wasn't it NASA that made a tiny miscalculation that resulted in a near-blinding of the Hubble telescope when the mirror was being ground? Actually, though, I'm much more concerned about the end of the Mayan calendar Dec 21, 2012. I've been stocking up on Slim Jims, Milk Duds and cheap beer in preparation. I just hope I can still get a pizza that day. Clearly, the best preparation anyone can make is to do as in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "Run away, run away!"
