# Asteroid on possible collision course with Earth **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866 "2002-04-04T21:24:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/1 "2002-04-04T21:24:14Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/04/04/lost.asteroid/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/04/04/lost.asteroid/index.html) Didn’t we have an official resident doper whose job it was to worry about these things? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/2 "2002-04-04T22:11:53Z")
I think the Doper in question was/is **Sea Sorburst**. ---
**Author:** ![Amok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Amok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amok)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/3 "2002-04-04T22:21:59Z")
Yeah, where is… uhh, that guy, when you need him? Hmm, I think I’ve forgotten his name. Ah, I see **RTFirefly** has provided it. Don’t remember seeing **Sea** since before the downtime. Anyways, about the article, barring a incredible increase in longevity technology, I think I’m going to take the selfish approach and ignore the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/4 "2002-04-04T22:26:30Z")
The sky is falling! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/5 "2002-04-04T22:36:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amok \* > \*\*Yeah, where is… uhh, that guy, when you need him? \*\* Uh, in a bunker somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/6 "2002-04-05T00:05:23Z")
Asteroid in 900 years, huh? Well, darn. _That_ sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/7 "2002-04-05T00:46:45Z")
I have Aerosmith songs and pictures of Billy Bob playing in my head. Where’s Bruce Willis when you need him?! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/8 "2002-04-05T00:55:40Z")
[http://home.pe.net/~mjagee/exit.html](http://home.pe.net/~mjagee/exit.html) see 5. g. ---
**Author:** ![RobGraham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@RobGraham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobGraham)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/9 "2002-04-05T01:11:44Z")
Man, my 6 year old son is aready upset that the sun may go nova in 5 billion years…I’m keeping this news flash away from him. ---
**Author:** ![JBERGES](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@JBERGES](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBERGES)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/10 "2002-04-05T06:07:50Z")
Oh crap! I better prepare! _::Opens umbrella::_ _::waits::_ ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/11 "2002-04-05T06:33:49Z")
If we can’t come up with an effective defense against asteroid impacts in 900 years, then I say the hell with us. Apathetic bloody planet, I’ve no sympathy at all. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/12 "2002-04-05T09:17:41Z")
So does this mean we can quit recycling and become hedonists before it gets here? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/13 "2002-04-05T10:13:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HPL \* > \*\*So does this mean we can quit recycling and become hedonists before it gets here? \*\* Hell, I’m ahead of the curve! ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/14 "2002-04-05T14:08:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Apathetic bloody planet, I’ve no sympathy at all I assume that the asteroid is the first stage of the Vogons building that new hyperspace bypass? I hope they won’t read their poetry at us first. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/15 "2002-04-05T14:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gobear \* > I hope they won’t read their poetry at us first. I have here the collected poems of Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings. For sufficient remuneration, I won’t read them to you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/16 "2002-04-05T14:30:25Z")
[homer simpson voice] Just wait. The asteroid will whiz by us at a ‘cosmic near-miss’, which is what the number ‘bazillion miles’ was invented for and we’ll all be - _ **HOLY-** _ (whumpf) [/homer simpson voice] ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/17 "2002-04-05T15:13:30Z")
Does this mean that we don’t have to worry about the Y10K problem? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Castaldi\_of\_the\_Mazzharat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Castaldi\_of\_the\_Mazzharat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Castaldi_of_the_Mazzharat)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/18 "2002-04-05T15:45:47Z")
“… I mean you’re NASA for cryin’ out loud! You put a man on the moon; you’re geniuses. You’re the guys that think this \*\*\*\* up. I’m sure yo got a team of men sittin’ around somewhere right now, just thinkin’ \*\*\*\* up and somebody backin’ them up!” - Harry Stamper, Armageddon ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/19 "2002-04-05T17:25:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RobGraham \* > \*\*Man, my 6 year old son is aready upset that the sun may go nova in 5 billion years…I’m keeping this news flash away from him. \*\* I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but according to my astronomy class, we’re expecting changes in the sun about a billion years from now that will render Earth into a dry, desert planet. You have less time than you think. I suggest that you get out of your reincarnation cycle right now. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@Stinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinky)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866/20 "2002-04-05T17:38:16Z")
Hopefully we won’t have all our eggs in the same basket by then Time to get serious about that Mars colony now so we have time to make it self suficent. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-on-possible-collision-course-with-earth/101866.md?page=2)