2 asteroids in one day closer than the moon orbit

[Leaffan]

@robardin

@cjepson

You guys are really piling on.

Is there no relief from the punsters dropping in on every thread? It’s becoming something of a sore point.

Could you please explain to me who is piling on with what? Perhaps I’m missing something.

[Dallas_Jones]

Oh this sort of thing happens almost every day:

a ten meter-sized near-Earth asteroid from the undiscovered population of about 50 million would be expected to pass almost daily within a lunar distance, and one might strike Earth’s atmosphere about every ten years on average.

Center for NEO Studies

[FoieGrasIsEvil]

Don’t worry, Bruce Willis is on the case. Yippi-kay-ay, motherfucker!

[phouka]

@Leaffan

@robardin

Is there no relief from the punsters dropping in on every thread? It’s becoming something of a sore point.

Could you please explain to me who is piling on with what? Perhaps I’m missing something.

Piles = Hemmorhoids

[Chimera]

I see that my targetting system still leaves much to be desired. I was aiming for Skald’s house.

Animals with attached weaponry. How quaint.

[Markxxx]

I’d hate to think we spent all those billions of dollars making nukes only to have the world done in by a chunk of flying rock

[carnivorousplant]

@Chimera

I see that my targetting system still leaves much to be desired. I was aiming for Skald’s house.

There are many decoys. Beware, and good luck!

[Johnny_L.A]

Anyone else thinking of Weird Al’s Mongoloid parody?

If he really does lurk here, he should post a vid.
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[Superfluous_Parentheses]

@Markxxx

I’d hate to think we spent all those billions of dollars making nukes only to have the world done in by a chunk of flying rock

Personally I think that CAPTURING THE POWER OF THE ATOM by making a glorified windmill turn is pretty disappointing too.

[EvilTOJ]

@tdn

@Marley23

It was a vaudeville staple and a lot of people did it, including The Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello. Its origins aren’t clear.

So that phrase had a deep impact on the entertainment industry?

I reckon Ah’m er geddin’ it just fine.

[gonzomax]

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/ Here is the NASA site showing all we know about the near earth objects with the probabilities and sizes listed.