13 Year Old Corrects NASA

[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.

[Watchman]

Capital.

[Adrian II]

Capital.

Another all-nighter. What else is new?

[Ice]

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

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Another all-nighter. What else is new?

The times I'm on the forum don't change whether I'm in Canada or Germany - even with a six-hour time difference.




EDIT: What I mean is that if I'm on at...oh, nevermind. You get it. If you don't, I'm not sure I do. Ugh. Nights. Time for bed.

[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!

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

* 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