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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:46 PM Original message |
Closer encounter: Nasa plans landing on 40m-wide asteroid travelling at 28,000mph |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Lowered expectations |
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Dollface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. He saw the Bruce Willis movie and thought it was really neat. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. It isn't Bush's idea. nt |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. And Hillary will try to win all of its delegates, and then claim: |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Hah. Good one. |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. "a crucial stepping stone" |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. "The most dangerous object in the universe" |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. You got your Earth in my asteroid. /nt |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. STUPID ... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. 1 in 556 chance it will impact the Earth between 2068-2101. |
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Traction311 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
26. What exactly would happen if it hit? |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. You're right. |
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Traction311 (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I think trhe one that struck Siberia in 1908 was a similar size |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
10. How hard can it be? |
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Prisoner_Number_Six (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
11. ...and they're gonna send Bruce Willis to mine it. |
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muryan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. This will provide invaluable information |
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barnel (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. 'and we plan to sculpt it into the shape of a shark' |
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4waterfalls (28 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. funny |
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Fly by night (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. Is there room on board for Bush and Cheney? |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. That's a cool idea. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. ....Murphy's Law....... a lil asteroid with a slim chance of hitting earth..... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. How much food and shelter for homeless Americans would this buy? |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
28. how many bad arguments can you present? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. What a stupid idea. One cannot really "land" on a 40m asteroid |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. True enough |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:32 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Still a stupid idea: most of the payload is life support, and the scientific |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
21. I've seen this movie. |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-07-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I can just picture the lander with oil company logos on it. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
24. How about taking a few folks on a one-way ticket there? |
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PittPoliSci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
27. this is a great idea. n/t |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
30. The headline is utter nonsense. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
32. Picturing Slim Pickens riding that bomb in Dr. Strangelove-nt |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
33. what if they drink the asteroid water and it has the andromeda strain in it? |
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