It's the end of the world

[TdB]

a litlle question:

if it hits the moon instead, would it be able to push the moon out of orbit? the moon isn´t as big as a continent, AFAIK, so it would affect the moon greatly.
because if the moon gets out of its orbit, then earth gravity, would probably pull the moon towards us, and instead of a small astroid destroying a continent and making climate changes, we would have a moon destoying earth completly.

[Gurm]

TDB:

Now THAT is a worst-case scenario! Yike!

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The bigger, badder bombs are called, IIRC, "Anti-materia bombs". VERY ugly.

- Gurm

[ZokesPro]

TBD & Gurm: That would be cool to see live though!

Just imagine seeing that happen right before your eyes! Wow.

Edit: Even if they made a simulation of it, it would still be cool to watch!

[Fat Tone]

Looks like you can relax for now...2060 could be fun though. Shame I prolly won't be around to see that!

http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/risk/2002nt7.html

[SpiralDragon]

I don’t know if i should be more afraid of the threat of a celestial body crashing into earth or humanities tremendous capacity to create weapons of mass destruction

[ZokesPro]

Easy, be afraid of humanity, cause we will end up destroying ourselves before nature or the universe has a chance to get rid of us!

[The PIT]

We're more likely to mess up by a mistake more than anything else. So I must have some faith in humanity.

[ZokesPro]

I have some faith in humanity also.

There are people who aren't bent on destroying all humans.

Just look at me, even though I joke about seeing the Earth destroyed by an meteor or asteroid, I still wouldn't unleash a bomb of some sort that could destroy us all. But if something is hurttling itself at incredible speeds towards our planet, I do want to live.

[SpiralDragon]

Faith is reletive as Einstein t so well put it

http://forums.murc.ws/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34874

[ZokesPro]

One thing is for sure, that if all humnity is destroyed, let it not be by the hands of a mortal! (and I don't mean god either)

[SpiralDragon]

i would rather it be like that too.... but then there is pandoras box

[ZokesPro]

Stupid box.
Why do we always strive to make weapons of mass destruction?

Did you know that the gun was originally invented to kill humans? It still does today!

[SpiralDragon]

its a sad sad sad situation......... can't wait to imigrate to pluto as soon as space travle becomes comercialy available..... ......

[ZokesPro]

I wouldn't mind taking a ship into Jupiters atmosphere! I think it would be trippy!

[TdB]

Originally posted by ZokesPro
I wouldn't mind taking a ship into Jupiters atmosphere! I think it would be trippy!

isn´t jupiter all atmosphere and nothing else?