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  1. LightEcho

    Celestial DZ2 Asteroid, Near Earth 25March2023, WARNING!!

    This could be deadly serious or another nice flyby. So far, the folks at JPL, who have been sitting on this for 2 weeks and had 31 observations so far, have a Certainty Level of 9- meaning VERY uncertain???? Yet it is supposed to be closer than the moon. Flying at about 18,000 MPH and...
  2. Doomer Doug

    PLAY New York City vaporized by asteroid impact drill

    Yep, just like that scene in 1996's "Independence Day," where the Bill Clinton White House got vaporized by the alien death ray, we can always hope that cesspool called New York City, land of infanticide, illegal invasion, and all manner of EVIL, will end up as a seawater filled crater. Yeah...
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    SCI Two asteroids zipped by Earth hours before anyone noticed

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.cnet.com/news/asteroid-2018-nw-nx-zipped-by-earth-hours-before-first-being-spotted/ Two asteroids zipped by Earth hours before anyone noticed The bus-sized pieces of space debris whipped by us at relatively close range over...
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    SCI Asteroid Makes Close Approach to Earth; Can be seen with the naked eye at night until July 16-17

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/asteroid-makes-close-approach-to-earth/ar-AAzhK3V Asteroid Makes Close Approach to Earth Aristos Georgiou 20 hrs ago A massive asteroid about the width of Arizona, currently appears so...
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    SCI Japanese space probe arrives at asteroid to collect samples

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-space-explorer-arrives-asteroid-retrieve-samples-020706251.html Japanese space probe arrives at asteroid to collect samples Associated Press KEN MORITSUGU, Associated Press • June 27, 2018 TOKYO (AP)...
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    SCI Superfast Asteroid Zooms Safely By Earth This Super Bowl Sunday

    Hummm.... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.space.com/39588-fast-asteroid-aj129-flyby-super-bowl-sunday.html Superfast Asteroid Zooms Safely By Earth This Super Bowl Sunday By Tariq Malik, Space.com Managing Editor | February 4, 2018 07:09am ET Video A...
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    SCI 3200 Phaethon To Brush Past Earth In December: Why The Giant Is Asteroid Still A Mystery

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://en.brinkwire.com/1373/3200-phaethon-to-brush-past-earth-in-december-why-the-giant-is-asteroid-still-a-mystery/ 3200 Phaethon To Brush Past Earth In December: Why The Giant Is Asteroid Still A Mystery By*Brinkwire Posted on*27...
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    SCI A huge, previously undetected asteroid just came very close to Earth

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.sciencealert.com/a-huge-previously-undetected-asteroid-just-came-very-close-to-earth A huge, previously undetected asteroid just came very close to Earth Everything's fine. BEC CREW 31 AUG 2016 A 35-metre-long asteroid...
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    TECH Next-Gen Propulsion System Gets $67 Million from NASA

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.space.com/32692-solar-electric-propulsion-asteroid-mars.html Next-Gen Propulsion System Gets $67 Million from NASA By Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | April 26, 2016 07:09am ET The next-generation engines that NASA is...
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    SCI Amateur astronomers capture the moment Jupiter gets smacked by a space rock

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11329524/telescope-capture-jupiter-impact-asteroid-comet Amateur astronomers capture the moment Jupiter gets smacked by a space rock By Rich McCormick on March 30, 2016 12:50 am Video...
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    GOV/MIL Planetary Defense: A New Hot Market

    So what comes first, "planetary defense" or asteroid mining?....... For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/archive/2016/February/Pages/PlanetaryDefenseANewHotMarket.aspx Planetary Defense: A New Hot Market February 2016 By Stew...
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    SCI World Asteroid Day: 'Figure out what a life is worth' - Astronomer warns

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/world-asteroid-day-figure-out-what-a-life-is-worth-astronomer-warns-asteroids-could-kill-thousands-31339649.html World Asteroid Day: 'Figure out what a life is worth' - Astronomer warns...
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    TECH NASA plans to bring boulder into moon orbit

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-plans-bring-boulder-moon-orbit-231007328.html NASA plans to bring boulder into moon orbit AFP 18 hours ago Washington (AFP) - NASA plans to launch a craft to capture a boulder from a nearby asteroid and...
  14. Political Smash

    Preparations For Earth Future Collision Prevention

    "A 300-meter-wide asteroid, Apophis will fly by Earth at a distance of 14.5 million km on Wednesday. Right now, this space traveller poses no imminent threat to our planet. However it is expected to make a series of comebacks in the future." ~ Catherine Laplace-Builhe quoting Voice of Russia...
  15. ainitfunny

    SCI Somebody explain away my alarm at reading this:

    Page 24 (or 25) of LAWRENCE LIVERMORE LAB Powerpoint presentation saying COMET DEBRIS WILL HIT BROOKFIELD MO on June 18 2010 necessitating an intervention to break up the incoming threat. I can find no place in the report where this is presented as a "What if" scenario. The only "what if"...
  16. ainitfunny

    WTF?!? Asteroid 32.8 ft. HITS INDONESIA -Blast 3x HIROSHIMA/Oct 9th

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