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Originally posted by Ironclad
Originally posted by manticorex5
umm i dont get it, why would they announce that? if they don't even know what's gonna happen why would they want people to freak out? weird.edit on 26-9-2011 by manticorex5 because: (no reason given)
Everyone always says that the governments of the world would keep a ELE quiet, so as not to alarm or panic the people...
But really, why would anyone in government give a toss by that time...?
Who cares if the people panic and riot and kill themselves out of despair..!! They're all going to die anyway so whats the point in not saying everything and give a few people the chance to make peace, get laied (which a lot of ppl here on ats could use), etc...
Originally posted by VI0811
reply to post by ignant
Their are many near Earth Asteroids that are close to our orbit, but will never come in contact with us. One thing to consider is the commercial value of such asteroids, If private industry can land and mine the minerals on these celestial bodies, the space race would truly take off for the rest of us. I believe this is where it will begin in mainstream space flight, since governments are unwilling to share their toys with us. NASA is a joke and I do not trust them nor believe in them. You wouldn't drive the same car for 50 years and just keep updating it would you ? No, you would get the latest and greatest sooner or later. NASA and they're space shuttle are a joke. We need to get private industry involved. But they won't unless they know they are going to make a buck.
If only there was Oil, Coal or Natural Gas on Asteroids..loledit on 9/27/2011 by Ironclad because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by BIGPoJo
Originally posted by kdog1982
My prediction is one of those will hit the moon.
It will be a spectacular event that all could watch.
With the force of a nuke, that would be a hell of a show!
Originally posted by Wrath
Originally posted by Gixxer
ignat the op is nothing but a fear mongering dis info person sooo tired of his posts trying to make something out of nothing,,,,
I get annoyed with baseless crap spewed about Elenin being Nibiru and whatever else but this isn't the same thing. NASA monitors these things for a reason, because we know we've been whacked by meteors pretty hard in the past. ELEs aren't just fear mongering on ATS, from time to time they DO actually happen. You see any dinosaurs around? No? There's a reason for that.
I will say this about certain people...they do seem to almost WANT it to happen, even if just to say I told you so...before we all fade to black. Some people love gloating and will take it anyway they can get it. Of course, they never get to...but they're always keeping their fingers crossed. A faithful and hopeful bunch, they are.
Originally posted by ignant
NASA says it will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thursday to reveal near-Earth asteroid findings!
"While neither the European Space Agency (ESA) nor NASA has suggested that YU55 poses a threat to Earth, plans to develop a mission to counteract a potential asteroid collision in the future are already underway."
Originally posted by ker2010
YU55 wouldn't be a ELE anyways. From my understanding it will take a asteroid close to a kilometer plus in size to possibly be a ele.
Don't get me wrong it would be devastating like the Tuscarora event and possibly could kill a ton of people, but its not ele capableedit on 27-9-2011 by ker2010 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by manticorex5
umm i dont get it, why would they announce that? if they don't even know what's gonna happen why would they want people to freak out? weird.edit on 26-9-2011 by manticorex5 because: (no reason given)