Apophis to pass by Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029.

[watermelony2k]

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace/57d22179d0074110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd/5.html

... passing within the orbit of our own satellites.

 

[Brent]

freaky isn't it

so much for 2012 being the date we all die, now maybe instead it is 2029

 

[Lindley]

Eh, at that range it should be trivial to send some nukes after it if the thing looks like it might threaten us later.

 

[KyleCHaight]

Brent said:
so much for 2012 being the date we all die, now maybe instead it is 2029

No and no.

 

[Gertch]

By 2036 we'll be able to tractor beam it into a path taking it right into the Sun. No more Apophis. Apophis will be a false god. A dead false god.

 

[Lindley]

At that range, there's a risk of Replicators reaching Earth. We must be vigilant.

 

[Gertch]

Indeed.

 

[Noname Given]

It's only an 820' asteroid? I always thought the thing was way larger the way the media played it up when this was first reported. Not while it's large enough to indeed do major damage; I thinl it IS small enough that it could be deflected by a variety of means if it's perturbed into a collision course with Earth on the 2036 return.

Of course, I'll be 73 years old at that point, so I may not care all that much at that point myself.

 

[Samurai8472]

Gertch said:


By 2036 we'll be able to tractor beam it into a path taking it right into the Sun. No more Apophis. Apophis will be a false god. A dead false god.

That silly carter, she said they'd be here in 24 hours

 

[tharpdevenport]

I think we'll do ourselves in quite nicely before we 2012.

 

[TerriO]

^Damn, that means I'll never get to retirement.

 

[tharpdevenport]

You know that Retirement will have increased to 95 by the time you are 70.

 

[Spider]

Humph. By 2029 I'll have been retired for 15 to 20 years and gone through a zillion games of Civilization and probably racked up a few warnings here. Let it come. I'll have some beer on ice in the old age home waiting for it.

 

[Brent]

I'll be 50 in 2029

I dont want to die yet!

 

[Santaman]

Where's that lludium PU-36 Space Modulator when you need it?

MARVIN!!!??

 

[ChristopherPike]

On the 13th each time. Anyone out there going to have their lucky rabbit's foot handy?

Not so lucky for the rabbit obviously...