13 Year Old Corrects NASA

[Andres]

Sorry no, I am too busy putting seeds into the swedish vault on ... on ... damn, where did they put that vault anyways

Ok, ok, Mister Fafnesbane.

The vault is in Norway.

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I never realised before that Norway was part of Sweden

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[Louis VI the Fat]

Ok, ok, Mister Fafnesbane.

The vault is in Norway.

Please, Andres, don't give in to this sort of petty regionalism. I don't care what the Catalunians, the Scots, the Norwegians and whoever else say. I am sure they are all fine, distinct cultures within their own right. But I refuse to indulge every petty provincial wish out there to be named as a seperate entity at all times. They should learn that to the eyes of the big outside world, they are simply a part of a greater whole. To us, they are simply 'Spanish', 'British' or 'Swedish'.

FFS, bunch of petty regionalists. All of them. Sheesh.

[Viking]

No reports about this anywhere else but news orgs. that refer to the German article. The whole story is most likely bollocks.

Ok, ok, Mister Fafnesbane.

The vault is in Norway.

Actually, it lies on Svalbard, which is 1/1000 Norwegian, 1/10000 Russian and 9/10 barren waste.

[Sigurd]

Actually, it lies on Svalbard, which is 1/1000 Norwegian, 1/10000 Russian and 9/10 barren waste.

Andres is not completely wrong. Svalbard has been a part of the Norwegian kingdom since 1925. Even Russia acknowledge this.

[Viking]

Andres is not completely wrong. Svalbard has been a part of the Norwegian kingdom since 1925. Even Russia acknowledge this.

That I know, but saying that it lies in Norway seems unaccurate to me

[drone]

So let me get this straight. Lots of beach front real estate becomes available nearby, and global warming is halted. What's the downside?

[Banquo's Ghost]

No reports about this anywhere else but news orgs. that refer to the German article. The whole story is most likely bollocks.

Apparently so.

[Viking]

Apparently so.

And finally it is official:

RELEASE : 08-103 NASA Statement on Student Asteroid Calculations WASHINGTON -- The Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has not changed its current estimates for the very low probability (1 in 45,000) of an Earth impact by the asteroid Apophis in 2036.

Contrary to recent press reports, NASA offices involved in near-Earth object research were not contacted and have had no correspondence with a young German student, who claims the Apophis impact probability is far higher than the current estimate.

This student's conclusion reportedly is based on the possibility of a collision with an artificial satellite during the asteroid's close approach in April 2029. However, the asteroid will not pass near the main belt of geosynchronous satellites in 2029, and the chance of a collision with a satellite is exceedingly remote.

Therefore, consideration of this satellite collision scenario does not affect the current impact probability estimate for Apophis, which remains at 1 in 45,000.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008...culations.html

[macsen rufus]

It's a cover up! They're just trying to get the cat back in the bag to stop people panicking and engaging in an End Times orgy of wantonness and destruction. We're doomed, I tell you, only prayers* offered to Apophis can save us from total destruction!

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* ritual dictates that all such prayers must be written on the rear of blank, signed cheques and forwarded to the Church of Apophis the Redeemer, PO BOX $$$, The Bunker, Area 51, New Mexico.

For more details read "The Apophis Conspiracy: How NASA are hiding the truth about the imminent end of the world!" only $666.66 from all New Age bookshops now.

[Gregoshi]

...For more details read "The Apophis Conspiracy: How NASA are hiding the truth about the imminent end of the world!" only $666.66 from all New Age bookshops now.

I'll take one. Are you able to make change for a 900 dollar bill?

[macsen rufus]

I think I can rustle up enough nine-bob notes

[Adrian II]

The whole story is most likely bollocks.

Bummer.

Now what's the scoop?

[Watchman]

Our foreign minister got fired from his job only recently - for exchanging a torrent of sleazy text messages with a stripper. True story.
That brighten your day any ?

[Adrian II]

Our foreign minister got fired from his job only recently - for exchanging a torrent of sleazy text messages with a stripper. True story.
That brighten your day any ?

Guess who paid the stripper.

[Watchman]

So you're the tabloid guy she sold the story to ? Cool !

...if you take requests, try to get the PM ousted next. He annoys the snot out of me.

[Adrian II]

...if you take requests, try to get the PM ousted next.

Hey, I'm on it.

[Ice]

Oh my bad. I don't know why I thought it was 1 and 50. 1 and 450 doesn't seem as bad.

[Louis VI the Fat]

The whole story is most likely bollocks.

Sure it is...

Dude, first they tried to downplay the chances of this comet hitting earth. And now that they have been found out, they are simply trying to prevent mass panic by suppressing the story.

We're doomed. Face it.