Opening Of New N.E.O. Center

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Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 02, 2002 @01:19AM from the bruce-willis-will-be-on-hand dept.

dasheiff writes: "A BBC News article announces Britain's opening of a Near-Earth Object (NEO) information center in February 2001. The new center will gauge the likelihood of Earth being hit by an asteroid."

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Hammer of God (Score:2, Interesting)

by breon.halling ( 235909 ) writes:

I believe that Sir Arthur C. Clarke first proposed of this in his novel "The Hammer of God" [amazon.com].
- Re:Hammer of God (Score:2)
  
  by Lars T. ( 470328 ) writes:
  
  He also talks about it in this recent interview [cnet.com] (shortly).
Feb 2001? (Score:2, Informative)

by DiSKiLLeR ( 17651 ) writes:

February 2002, you mean.

Feb 2001 was last year...
- Re:Feb 2001? (Score:1)
  
  by danielrose ( 460523 ) writes:
  
  Maybe the story was "Pending" for that long.........
Um, Here's Your Answer (Score:1)

by lakanen ( 547476 ) writes:

The new center will gauge the likelihood of Earth being hit by an asteroid.
The chance that Earth is gonna get hit by an asteroid is unquestionably 100%.
Can I get my million dollars now since you don't need the center any more?
- Re:Um, Here's Your Answer (Score:2)
  
  by isorox ( 205688 ) writes:
  
  Ahh, but when will it hit.
  
  Oh shit, just happened.
That thing is the size of the moon! (Score:1)

by Stone Rhino ( 532581 ) writes:

Don't you think that picture is just a tad misleading?

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Hammer of God (Score:2, Interesting)

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Feb 2001? (Score:2, Informative)

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Um, Here's Your Answer (Score:1)

Re:Um, Here's Your Answer (Score:2)

That thing is the size of the moon! (Score:1)

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