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Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?4oCcTkFTQQ==?= is hiding crucial details about
 asteroids that could THREATEN Earth, warns senior SETI Institute
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On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 23:35:19 +0100, D wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Dec 2024, Cryptoengineer wrote:
> 
>> On 12/14/2024 4:37 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>> On 12/14/24 09:54, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>>> On 12/14/2024 12:31 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> “NASA is hiding crucial details about asteroids that could THREATEN
>>>>> Earth, warns senior SETI Institute astronomer”
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-12-12-nasa-hiding-details-about-
>>>>> asteroids-threatening-earth.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> “On Dec. 3, the small asteroid COWECP5 streaked into Earth's
>>>>> atmosphere and exploded in a fiery display above Siberia. While the
>>>>> event was dramatic, it was ultimately harmless because the space
>>>>> rock was only 70 centimeters across and disintegrated before it
>>>>> could cause any damage.”
>>>>> 
>>>>> "If the asteroid had been larger, it could have caused significant
>>>>> damage on the ground. And if it had been a true "city killer," like
>>>>> the 400-meter-wide asteroid that astronomers feared would hit Earth
>>>>> on Christmas Day in 2004, seven hours would not have been enough
>>>>> time to evacuate millions of people or devise a defense strategy."
>>>>> 
>>>>> ...
>>>>> Um, 400 meter diameter is a quarter mile diameter.   That would have
>>>>> left a big mark somewhere.
>>>> 
>>>> NASA isn't 'hiding' a damn thing. This is just another example of the
>>>> crap style of 'journalism' found on the internet - the success of a
>>>> journalist is measured by how clickworthy the title is.
>>>> 
>>>> pt
>>>
>>>      100 years back we did not worry about asteroid impacts
>>> and we should not worry about it now. Either we get a very bad one  or
>>> a survivable one.  Can we prevent it yet?  I think we fall a bit short
>>> there yet but maybe soon in the meantime we have lots of stuff to
>>> worry about and to act upon like Global overheating and the endless
>>> wars of the hyper- acquisitive.That is what billionaires have the
>>> lobes for.
>>
>> The DART mission in 2021 demonstrated a substantial redirection of a
>> 160 meter asteroid.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Asteroid_Redirection_Test#
>>
>> So, yes, we *can* do something about it.
>>
>> pt
>>
>>
> Let's take a page from the Enchiridion. Worry about what you can
> control, and leave the rest. So for all of us who are not rocket
> engineers, or responsible for NASAs budget, we can just peacefully get
> on with our work.
> =)

....And wonder about the complete fiction of the statement in
the article referring to "the 400-meter-wide asteroid that astronomers 
feared would hit Earth on Christmas Day in 2004."