That Asteroid

By Miss Cellania in Science & Tech, Video Clips on Jan 29, 2008 at 12:50 pm


(YouTube link)

Phil Plait of Bad Astronomy Blog worked hard to counter the rumor that an asteroid would hit earth this morning. He even posted an explanation on YouTube. However, IRONMANAustralia “fixed” that video.

In this leaked Top Secret footage Phil Plait tells the real story, before NASA edited it and no doubt forced him to post it on his blog in order to prevent the inevitable public panic.

Ha! At least the earth is still here today. Link


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  1. James
    Jan 29th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    That was funny!! :)

    But lucky us …

  2. Pudifoot
    Jan 29th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    Oh no! We’re dooooooooomed!

  3. Willo the Wisp
    Jan 29th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    Plait says (in his original video) that the ‘roid will miss us by hundreds of thousands of miles. While by no means close enough to do any of the things claimed by the perpetuators of mythinformation about this ‘roid, it’s worth noting that on the scale of the solar system, that’s a pretty close shave.

  4. Niona
    Apr 21st, 2008 at 10:52 am

    And now the video is no longer available – is there something they don’t want us to know?


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