The only interesting aspect of this - is how much attention this event is getting in the press, and on this site. This asteroid was discovered in 2002, the close approach was predicted for 18 years, it has long been understood that it will not hit Earth, and a dozen objects have come closer to the Earth in recent months. This story is like a toddler looking in the sky, seeing an airplane, and yelling to the room that the plane might 'hit us!'. Please please don't spread these bullshit stories.
It must be ~50 years since any world leader observed a nuclear weapons test. I wonder how many have even watched the films. It has even been 36 years since the movie "The Day After" was shown. The people who might take us to nuclear war have less idea of the effects than you have for watching this short video. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After
Interesting artwork. I see he used an image from the Space Shuttle Challenger accident as the basis of some of the background. (A little disturbing for those of us involved - but it is just an image used in a different context.)
I was preparing to contest a ticket for speeding based on a laser range-finder measurement. The laser ranging uses the timing of pulses to measure speed - but the pulses returned by a slightly closer car in the next lane can make the device calculate a higher speed. Any nearby car can make the device register 10-15 mph too high.
But the officer did not show up for the court date, so the judge dismissed the case without me presenting my argument.
An antimatter anti-gravity hoverboard would be cool.. except that it would probably need enough antimatter to balance the person's weight, and if you had 50 kg (for example) you have the easy potential to annihilate this mass into energy - resulting in a 2000 Mt explosion - and blowing the nearby atmosphere off into space.
On second thought, this would be *awesome*! One missed hoverboard trick and everyone dies! I'll bet Red Bull would sponsor the competition! :-)
A remarkable view into the mindset of the U.S Air Force at that time.
Interesting to see the attention given to missing planes and air crews, in contrast to the brief mention at the end of the '60 million casualties' in the U.S population. And the listing of U.S. cities nuked in this hypothetical 4-day war does not include Washington DC - I guess there was no need to alarm any officials with funding authority over the USAF..
The USAF perspective in this film adds another dimension to events of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis - with even shorter hair-triggers from advances in ballistic missiles. I recommend seeing the film "Thirteen Days" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146309/) to see Gen. LeMay translate those tactical concerns into efforts to push the country into a nuclear war.
I know it sounds awkward, but saying 'manned flights' is about 40 years out of date.
Nuclear annihilation ... Sarah Palin.
Sort of a toss-up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelob
(disguised as a Telestar model)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Challenger_explosion.jpg
But the officer did not show up for the court date, so the judge dismissed the case without me presenting my argument.
Republicans
Grüner See, 8612, Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Austria
http://bit.ly/lMM5yP
except that it would probably need enough antimatter to balance the person's weight, and if you had 50 kg (for example) you have the easy potential to annihilate this mass into energy - resulting in a 2000 Mt explosion - and blowing the nearby atmosphere off into space.
On second thought, this would be *awesome*!
One missed hoverboard trick and everyone dies! I'll bet Red Bull would sponsor the competition! :-)
Interesting to see the attention given to missing planes and air crews, in contrast to the brief mention at the end of the '60 million casualties' in the U.S population. And the listing of U.S. cities nuked in this hypothetical 4-day war does not include Washington DC - I guess there was no need to alarm any officials with funding authority over the USAF..
The USAF perspective in this film adds another dimension to events of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis - with even shorter hair-triggers from advances in ballistic missiles. I recommend seeing the film "Thirteen Days" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146309/) to see Gen. LeMay translate those tactical concerns into efforts to push the country into a nuclear war.