http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlF8APEkh-E&eurl=http://gizmodo.com/index.php?refId=5046679
Perfect! Fits very well with Pink Floyd.
Perfect! Fits very well with Pink Floyd.
Asteroid Impact Stimulation.
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So we will live on the moon now?
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Boom Headshot?
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If the world were to end this way at least it would be quick. The Usa would be destroyed in about 5 seconds, the Uk in 1 second, Asia in about 10. So at least we wouldn't be suffering over a long period of time :\
I don't think you noticed asia being impacted and getting destroyed right away.
Also, the wave would travel at hypersonic speeds, so ANYTHING within a few thousand KMs of the impact would be destroyed in a few seconds due to the shockwave.
Either way, everyone would be screwed
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Thread title typo fail? lol
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First of all, who is getting stimulated here?
Second off, it looked like it could be somewhat credible to happen at some point until i read the text at the end... the evidence shows that this has happened at LEASTS 6 times...
oh well, guess we wont be getting blown up cause someone doesnt know when things should be plural or not.
Second off, it looked like it could be somewhat credible to happen at some point until i read the text at the end... the evidence shows that this has happened at LEASTS 6 times...
oh well, guess we wont be getting blown up cause someone doesnt know when things should be plural or not.
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Looks like people are watchin' fox news again...
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Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips....
Some say the end is near.
Some say well see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips....
Some say the end is near.
Some say well see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this
the video is from discovery channel. the text was added by who ever made/posted the video to youtube.
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Lol is there any truth to this? As in is there actually anything out there that we're keeping an eye on?
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Asteroid impacts have happened before. A 10km ended the age of the dinosaurs. Actually, even a 1 or 2km sized object striking the Earth would cause global catastrophe. We're not worried about the initial impact, rather the knock-on effects.
Rocks sent into the atmosphere forming dust would cool the planet by several degrees, youd lose years of agriculture; starvation and what have you. Somewhere around 2 billion people dead.
Fortunately for us, 1 or 2km objects strike Earth every few hundred thousand years. Plus, we focus more on detecting larger, nearby asteroids which means smaller ones can slip past us.
Asteroid impacts are quite low on the 'civilization killer' lists actually. We're more concerned over climate and potential epidemics.
Rocks sent into the atmosphere forming dust would cool the planet by several degrees, youd lose years of agriculture; starvation and what have you. Somewhere around 2 billion people dead.
Fortunately for us, 1 or 2km objects strike Earth every few hundred thousand years. Plus, we focus more on detecting larger, nearby asteroids which means smaller ones can slip past us.
Asteroid impacts are quite low on the 'civilization killer' lists actually. We're more concerned over climate and potential epidemics.
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you are more likely to die of a freak stroke, or slip in the bathtub and crack your head. So to answer your question, Yes there is truth to this in that it COULD happen. but regardless there isn't anything YOU (or i) can do about it. so use the philosophy that i live by:
"If you can't do anything to change it, don't let it bother you."
no use for unnecessary worry.
