Neil deGrasse Tyson Outlines a Plan For Saving Earth From Asteroids 241
dsinc contributes a link to Neil deGrasse Tyson's short piece in Wired on how we could deal with the very real threat of killer asteroids, writing "In 2029 we'll be able to know whether, seven years later, Apophis will miss Earth or slam into the Pacific and create a tsunami that will devastate all the coastlines of the Pacific Rim." From the article: "Saving the planet requires commitment. First we have to catalogue every object whose orbit intersects Earth’s, then task our computers with carrying out the calculations necessary to predict a catastrophic collision hundreds or thousands of orbits into the future. Meanwhile, space missions would have to determine in great detail the structure and chemical composition of killer comets and asteroids."
Southern guy with three names (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
If it was possible for an asteroid impact to cause a mass extinction, wouldn't it have happened already?
Let me guess... (Score:5, Funny)
Let me guess, he wants to reclassify Earth as a "Non-Asteroid-Attracting Planetoid" in the hopes of fooling the asteroids.
Re:Future Tech won't handle it (Score:0, Funny)
Everyone else is busy working on future tech to ensure it hits America and only squishes Americans.
NdGT has a lot to answer for (Score:1, Funny)
Neil deGrasse Tyson is a lowdown sidewinder that shot Pluto in the back just to watch it die.
I propose.... (Score:5, Funny)
A triangular space ship with vector blasters!!! It worked in the 20th century and it should work in the 21st century!!!
Move us all (Score:4, Funny)
Couldn't Tyson just move all of us to his home planet prior to the asteroid hitting earth? Or is the environment of his home planet inhospitable to earthlings?
Re:When exactly (Score:5, Funny)
"80% of life|success is showing up."
That's what the asteroid said.
Evidence Suggests... (Score:3, Funny)
T.Rex's last words were "What's that wooshing sound?"
Re:Then a butterfly flaps its wings (Score:4, Funny)
We can't even calculate all of the digits of pi! Whatever shall we do!
AHHHH!