I still wonder, if we will go like them, someday?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070905/sc_nm/...id_dinosaurs_dc

kewl, i wonder...if that meteor never hit, dinosaurs would probably still rule the earth

You never know my friend Apophis may yet have our number

And here he is....



Source

2029 where suppose to get a close call and again in 2030 if it misses the first time on its way back

sd....yes it will happen again....check out something called the "Nemisis Affair" dealing with periodic extinctions....we may not be due for an extinction level event....but we are due for a catastrophic impact

We have had some near misses.
Nothing 6 miles wide, though.

Just a matter of time really.
Unless we figure out a way to stop it

There was a show on either The Learning Channel or Discovery--I can't remember which--anyway, they were talking about the possibility of landing a transponder on an asteroid to take orbital readings and also possibly use the transponder to nudge the asteroid.

I think I seen that one. A good program.
That will work good, if we spot an asteroid, far enough away, for the nudge to amount to anything.

According to Ed Lu in an article in the Discovery Channel website he theorizes that it would take 12 days of what he calls "gravitational tugging" to change its course.

interesting

An interesting and plausible new theory. But it's kind of hard to extract anything good from news reports.

For more 'sciency' stuff, try:
http://uplink.space.com/showflat.php?Cat=&...&o=14&fpart=all

damn, if we catch one of those, if im gonna die, ima go out with a beer in one hand, and a cigarette in the other.