Comments on: Aussie astronomers call for more funding in wake of asteroid explosion

By: BrianMcL

BrianMcL — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:59:53 +0000

Sorry, forgot to add “whilst being buried under glaciers as a result of the quickest north pole freeze up in recorded history (ok ok 8 years but what’s good for the goose and all that) as GISStemp tells us that “we’ve never had it so hot” ” (with apologies Harold McMillan),
I think that covers the first page of WUWT anyway.

By: BrianMcL

BrianMcL — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:46:26 +0000

Haggis shortages, bust banks, floods and now being attacked from space by Daffy Duck, wearing a cape, flying a broomstick. Wha’s like us?

By: Steve M.

Steve M. — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:45:35 +0000

Scottish non-astronomers are calling for more funding into why Australian austronomers painted a picture of Daffy Duck, wearing a cape, flying a broomstick.

I was thinking more along the lines of Mary Poppins.

By: Paolo M.

Paolo M. — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:50:15 +0000

Meteosat 8 captured the impact!!

http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/Main/Media/Features/707785?l=en

By: johhno

johhno — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:54:02 +0000

fascinating to be in the right spot and watch an event like that.

you would know your alive

By: philw1776

philw1776 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:04:20 +0000

Here’s a photo of the little asteroid pre impact…

http://www.minorplanets.org/OLS/2008_TC3/

These things DO exist and they do represent a danger to humanity. It’s fortunately statistically small but if another once in a century event, say like 1908′s Tunguska hits, we’re likely to lose a city plus all the suburban areas. The biger ones hit less often

By: Phil McCavity

Phil McCavity — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:53:50 +0000

Scottish non-astronomers are calling for more funding into why Australian austronomers painted a picture of Daffy Duck, wearing a cape, flying a broomstick.

By: JP

JP — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:09:16 +0000

After the last 2 weeks of economic metldowns, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few radio telescopes on eBay.

By: Sam Urbinto

Sam Urbinto — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:03:47 +0000

The dinosaurs did have the technology. They got it from the people that built the pyramids.

By: WWS

WWS — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:38:01 +0000

ground control to Major Tom – maybe the Dinosaurs DID have a space program, ever think of that?

That might explain everything.

By: Craig D. Lattig

Craig D. Lattig — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:23:16 +0000

Mike Dubrasich :
That’s the Big Dire Report. Not AGW, not asteroids, not bin Laden but total social/economic collapse. Happening now.

The really sad, scarry thing is that your scenario could be really hard to disprove for the next five to ten years……
cdl

By: Brian D

Brian D — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:20:47 +0000

We’ve already shot down a sat with are missile defense system. The ability is there. We may try sometime in the future to hit one just to see if we can do it. You never know. If there was enough time from detecting it to reworking the software like they did for the sat shoot down, they might give it a whirl on a smaller one that wouldn’t cause us harm if we missed or broke it up. Some practice just in case we need to really do something about a bigger one. Size and composition obviously come into play here, and whether or not it would be the best solution. But just knowing we could do it adds the option.

By: Tom in Texas

Tom in Texas — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:15:34 +0000

The dinosaurs would not be extinct if they had a space program.

By: David S

David S — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:51:45 +0000

WWS your point about weaponizing asteroids is possible. As I recall there was a 50s Sci Fi movie about such a scenario. Crappy movie but the asteroid weapon idea is possible. But I think the risk of terrorists doing that is extremely remote at present. The technology to do it is beyond their means right now. In the future though that technology will become more and more available, just like any other weapon. That will happen whether we do it or not. Somebody will do it. We should develop the technology so that we can deflect asteroids that are intentionally aimed at us as well as those that are naturally occurring.

By: Mike Dubrasich

Mike Dubrasich — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:43:32 +0000

More funding for the Chicken Littles!!!! Drain the Treasury in the name of Dire Reports!!!!! Head for the hills, or hide under your bed, but first give me all your money!!!!!!!!!

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are privileged to witness the decline and fall of civilization worldwide. It’s happening now. The entire system of human social cohesion is falling apart as megathieves loot the peasants in every country on Earth.

That’s the Big Dire Report. Not AGW, not asteroids, not bin Laden but total social/economic collapse. Happening now.