by kurtbethel 5 Replies latest jw friends
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/04/asteroid-2009-dd45s-passi_n_171722.html
Okay, so it was not aimed at us and we did not literally have to dodge or deflect it. But one day, a big one will be aimed our way (tons of small rocks and dust hit the Earth each day) and then what will we do?
I can't wait till doomsayers are done with 2012 so they can start concentrating on 2029.
Major extinction events happen regularly on a cossmic scale of time. Humans, just like T-Rex won't dodge the bullet forever.
That is why spending money on 'space programs' isn't wasting money human if they are going to survive "long term" have to live on more than one hunk of rock in more than one part of the galaxy or even in multiple galaxies! Isn't going to happen in our lifetimes but that is required for long term survival of the species.
Read Zecahariah Sitchin the 12th planet if you are into dodging or absorbing and being affected
by cosmic bullets and other planets.
From the Huffington report:
Of the known space rocks, the next time an object will get closer to Earth will be in 2029 when an 885-foot asteroid called 99942 Apophis comes within 20,000 miles, said Donald Yeomans of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
The important qualification does not address the fact there are many NEOs (Near Earth Objects) that are not known or identified. It is these rogue objects that pose the most worrisome threat. Every year that goes by sees improvements and advancements in mapping the sky to find these objects but I think most astronomers will acknowledge that the time and attention devoted to it is woefully inadequate.
