tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post8280858481661067588..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Too Close for ComfortNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-74074482556725831942011-11-09T13:28:28.111+00:002011-11-09T13:28:28.111+00:00Typing and eating... sure fire route to poor spell...Typing and eating... sure fire route to poor spellig.Grim's Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141927678427787365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-70182108097702577482011-11-09T13:26:28.819+00:002011-11-09T13:26:28.819+00:00Does filling your pants protect you from meteorite...Does filling your pants protect you from meteorite impacts? And if so what do you fill your pants with? Is this why the dinosaurs died out? because the fossil record shows no evidence of clothes, in particular pants? thus they had nothing to fill.<br /><br />Or have I got the wroong end of the stick?Grim's Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141927678427787365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-19246710108606655562011-11-09T10:42:21.529+00:002011-11-09T10:42:21.529+00:00The others where small, compared to yesterdays. A ...The others where small, compared to yesterdays. A couple could have had final moments as multi-kiloton explosions had they entered the atmosphere.<br /><br />2005 YU55 would be a real day-spoiler, if it hit. A ~4 mile wide crater and mag 7 earthquake.<br /><br />the ESA are hoping to get a asteroid deflection test mission off the ground (;))in a couple of years time. Once we have proved we can move asteroids around, we can really start having fun.Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155872393270833061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-39341356781182319532011-11-09T09:34:49.739+00:002011-11-09T09:34:49.739+00:00alibaba, somewhere deep in this blog you'll fi...alibaba, somewhere deep in this blog you'll find a picture of the cameroid with reptile skin showing through his face.<br /><br />Jay, yes, there's a lot out there and in a moment one of them could deliver our wake-up call.<br /><br />I wasn't worrying, Rod, I just think it's fascinating. Were those other chunks as this one was described 'as large as an aircraft carrier'?<br /><br />Phil M, it would be nice if they sent their ambassador to Brussels.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-11212747140271063592011-11-09T08:47:15.438+00:002011-11-09T08:47:15.438+00:00"A Prador first contact team", that woul..."A Prador first contact team", that would stop everyone worrying about Euros!! <br /><br />Not the most exciting webcast, but it's still in sight<br /><br />http://keckobservatory.org/news/live_webcast_keck_telescope_to_watch_asteroid_flyby/Phil Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09992017267449727399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-31040278699498502382011-11-09T08:34:34.669+00:002011-11-09T08:34:34.669+00:00I honestly wouldn't worry about. In fact, it&#...I honestly wouldn't worry about. In fact, it's been rather quiet this month. Last month there where 4 that passed within the orbit of the Moon and September had 3. And most of those where even closer to the Earth than 2005 YU55 (the Nov 08 NEO).Rodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155872393270833061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-63751904263105515192011-11-08T21:09:04.392+00:002011-11-08T21:09:04.392+00:00With space bring so mind boggling big and our stel...With space bring so mind boggling big and our stellar viewing time so small it's amazing just how many pices of rock we observe zipping past us.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06998931714568216400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-27042995348630197712011-11-08T17:32:33.014+00:002011-11-08T17:32:33.014+00:00Maybe they're here to take the royal family ba...Maybe they're here to take the royal family back to Reptilia.alibabahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01260294829364944386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-2746165821118544132011-11-08T17:11:13.763+00:002011-11-08T17:11:13.763+00:00Take your pick: cuddly ETs or a colony of Gieger a...Take your pick: cuddly ETs or a colony of Gieger aliens. Or maybe a hollowed-out asteroid filled with a prador first-contact team.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-46894871781690610622011-11-08T17:06:07.375+00:002011-11-08T17:06:07.375+00:00"fall into orbit..."
Pants-filling and ..."fall into orbit..."<br /><br />Pants-filling and yet strangely exhilirating! It doesn't automatically have to be bad First Contact, right? :)Ramon Rozas IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398116936087077068noreply@blogger.com