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Send message Joined: 8 Oct 07 Posts: 24 Credit: 111,325 RAC: 0 |
1 in 75 chance of an asteroid hitting Mars on Jan 30 '08. Nasa article and The Times' version, and a podcast and transcript from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Wonder if this might prompt some more funding towards NEO research as they only spotted this one in late November. Personally I'd like a little more warning if something is headed this way. :shock: |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 915 Credit: 1,503,319 RAC: 0 |
I wonder if the Opportunity rover will be able to get any pics of it as it passes (or crashes) by. me@rescam.org |
Send message Joined: 30 Oct 07 Posts: 39 Credit: 389,931 RAC: 0 |
coming up on that event, and another on the 29th, I believe. We're getting an asteroid flyby about 1.4 x the distance to the moon. I wonder if we'll see any news on the Mars incident coming up, though. |
Send message Joined: 8 Oct 07 Posts: 24 Credit: 111,325 RAC: 0 |
The Mars one is going to miss and this one is going to miss us. And the JPL version. The worrying thing is that both of these were only discovered a few months ago. Maybe these are what has prompted the much awaited funding for Orbit to finally be granted. |
Send message Joined: 27 Aug 07 Posts: 915 Credit: 1,503,319 RAC: 0 |
Any comets scheduled to crash into each other? me@rescam.org |
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