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camaro68ss
mmmm, give me that doom porn.....mmmmm....all over my face, yum yum yum yum.....
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benrl
Its happen before, it WILL happen again.
The only question is will Humanity be prepared for it.
That's not the only question. Another question might be "Will humanity still be around when it happens again?"
Humans have been around for a VERY short time on earth (our current species is only 250,000 years old) and civilization has only been around 50,000 years. Even if we liberal on how long the species will still be around -- let's say 5,000,000 more years (which would be 100 times longer than our civilization has been around so far, and 20 times longer than our species has been around) -- there may may not be an extinction level impact event during that time period.
It's possible that the next extinction level impact event could come some time long after the human species has gone away due to some other natural cause. Species don't last forever.
Having said that, I think we should be prepared for one that may surprise us tomorrow.
UnBreakable
Skywatcher2011
Now, I don't know about you members of ATS, but this kind of freaks me out!
What if something like a asteroid-earth collision was to happen? Could this be the inevitable Armageddon of life on Earth?
Honestly though, I think this one is worth watching and paying close attention to over the coming years. So with t-minus 19 years from now....if it were to happen, where do you see yourself in the end of days?
I am sure most of us would have forgotten about such a global catastrophic event from happening by that time, but I sure hope to live one heck of a life before that day is to come!
Work hard and party hard! Then watch as a big star nears us from up above!
Being that a collision is "negligible" at 1 in 63,000 ,I wouldn't get too worked up over this. Nothing to see here.
wildespace
reply to post by Skywatcher2011
There's also a chance that a cow will drop on you from the sky next time you go outdoors. Incredibly unlikely, but like you said, any chance is a bad chance!
The cow had escaped from a nearby neighbor's farm in this rural area of Brazil and wandered onto Joao Maria de Souza's property. The house is backed into a steep hill, which unintentionally makes a easy path for a cow, or any walking creature, to get on the roof of this home.
When the cow hoofed it onto the asbestos roof of the man's home, the cow's weight sent it crashing through the roof and onto the man and his wife in bed. The falling cow narrowly missed the man's wife. Souza first survived the cow's fall with what the family thought was only a broken leg. He died the next day at the hospital with internal injuries from being crushed by the cow.
Oldtimer2
Yes no worries from me,in 19 yrs I would be 80 hopefully I'm long gone before then,but with my luck I'll probably still be around
Skywatcher2011
Oldtimer2
Yes no worries from me,in 19 yrs I would be 80 hopefully I'm long gone before then,but with my luck I'll probably still be around
Doomsday 2 is on 2032
You are 19 now in 2013
2032 - 2013 = 19 years from now
19 years old + 19 years to doom = 38 years old
How do you get to be 80 years old in 2032????????edit on 23-10-2013 by Skywatcher2011 because: (no reason given)
Skywatcher2011
Oldtimer2
Yes no worries from me,in 19 yrs I would be 80 hopefully I'm long gone before then,but with my luck I'll probably still be around
Doomsday 2 is on 2032
You are 19 now in 2013
2032 - 2013 = 19 years from now
19 years old + 19 years to doom = 38 years old
How do you get to be 80 years old in 2032????????edit on 23-10-2013 by Skywatcher2011 because: (no reason given)
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Skywatcher2011
Oldtimer2
Yes no worries from me,in 19 yrs I would be 80 hopefully I'm long gone before then,but with my luck I'll probably still be around
Doomsday 2 is on 2032
You are 19 now in 2013
2032 - 2013 = 19 years from now
19 years old + 19 years to doom = 38 years old
How do you get to be 80 years old in 2032????????edit on 23-10-2013 by Skywatcher2011 because: (no reason given)
"Oldtimer2" never said he was 19 years old -- at least not on this thread.
Skywatcher2011
reply to post by LightAssassin
Don't forget those figures are just estimates. NASA can only predict a path but they are not always right...