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Mars may have an asteroid impact Jan 30th, 2008
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:28 pm
by iQuestor
- > Space rock has 1 in 75 chance of slamming into Mars on January 30
> Asteroid, known as 2007 WD5, was discovered in late November
> Astronomer: "Unlike an Earth impact, we're not afraid, but we're excited"
www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/12/21/mars. ... index.html
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:38 pm
by High Lord Tolkien
Like the Martians are going to let that happen.
It will "mysteriously" disappear like all the Earth probes that get too close to areas where the Martians don't want us to see.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:49 pm
by Menolly
High Lord Tolkien wrote:Like the Martians are going to let that happen.
It will "mysteriously" disappear like all the Earth probes that get too close to areas where the Martians don't want us to see.
Have you been talking with Hyperception lately, HLT?
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:10 pm
by iQuestor
I think the martians are trying to call in air support to destroy those pesky rovers that wont die!!!
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:10 pm
by iQuestor
*double post, sorry.*
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:23 pm
by Hyperception
Hmm...
I happen to have the day off today, and Menolly dragged me to this thread.
High Lord Tolkien wrote:Like the Martians are going to let that happen.
It will "mysteriously" disappear like all the Earth probes that get too close to areas where the Martians don't want us to see.
It will be interesting to see how quickly the Cheneyites shut down this thread now that someone besides me has dared to post the truth.
[Hostis recognoverimus nosque est ~ Pogo]
It will be really cool to see a celestial event from the Earth, assuming the kinetic energy of the impact is high enough.
Maybe there will be enough material ejected to get some more Martian meteorites on Antarctica...
I wonder what the range of near misses is that might deflect the asteroid into Earth orbit. I would be willing to bet it's less than a 1 in 100,000 chance of an Earth impact.
iQuestor wrote:I think the martians are trying to call in air support to destroy those pesky rovers that wont die!!!
The impact would likely create a planetwide dust storm. Similar to the one that erased all crude signs of ancient Martian civilization prior to the Viking missions. Although crude, this would certainly occlude the solar panels on those pesky rovers...
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:03 pm
by iQuestor
guss it wont happen. saw on the news they downgraded it to 1 chance in hell.
