Monday, February 10, 2014

Soon, maybe

Twenty years ago this summer, in July 1994, a comet known as Shoemaker-Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter. That was a big deal with scientists because they got to see just how big of a deal getting hit by a comet or asteroid was. I suppose if the dinosaurs were still around, they could have just asked them.

Last week, word came out that a meteorite had recently smashed into Mars. They're not sure just when it hit. They think some time between July 2010 and May 2012. They don't really know because they weren't watching for it. NASA has been busy with Muslim outreach, and other scientists are too busy trying to prove that cold weather is a result of Global Warming.

Oh, and, in case you forgot about it, the Moon was hit last March.

So, what do these events, spanning 20 years, have in common?

Well, let's look at them.

In 1994, Shoemaker-Levy 9 missed Earth by 400 million miles.

In 2010 or so, an asteroid missed Earth by 40 million miles.

In 2013, an asteroid missed Earth by a quarter-million miles.

Those of us that have decided the best thing would be to rooting for an asteroid strike? Take heart. The aim is getting better.

4 comments:

  1. I'm sure that with it's new mission, NASA is busy getting the word out using all its space broadcasting equipment that any comet or asteroid that martyrs itself for the destruction of the infidels on Earth will get 72 space-virgins in its afterlife.

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  2. I hear the North Koreans are working on getting an asteroid to collide with Earth too....it's name is Soon Bang.

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  3. Lord, when the smack-down comes, all I ask is that I'm far enough away to not be blinded by the initial flash, so that I can stand in the open and gaze at the rising fireball while murmuring, "Whoa, dude! Gnarly....!" before being swept into oblivion by the shockwave. Amen.

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