Countdown to 2032 Asteroid 2024 YR4

[steve dave]

I dare that fuckin asteroid to even try. Pussy

I guarantee you it won't. I'll bet any one of you $5k it doesn't impact earth. All takers welcome.

[steve dave]

which reminds me of one of my favorite investing/business type quotes. art cashin famously said "never bet on the end of the world, it only happens once" and I tell that to people who bring up wild "what ifs" in my business all the time. Brother, we've got bigger problems if that rough ridin' nonsense happens. but until then let's make some fuckin' money.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

It would be pretty hilarious if that DART mission unwittingly set in motion a chain of events that ultimately resulted in earth getting annihilated by an asteroid that otherwise would not have fw earth

[Rage Against the McKee]

which reminds me of one of my favorite investing/business type quotes. art cashin famously said "never bet on the end of the world, it only happens once" and I tell that to people who bring up wild "what ifs" in my business all the time. Brother, we've got bigger problems if that rough ridin' nonsense happens. but until then let's make some fuckin' money.

This isn't a world ender. On the 2% chance it lands, it probably hits the ocean and maybe causes a small tsunami.

[steve dave]

which reminds me of one of my favorite investing/business type quotes. art cashin famously said "never bet on the end of the world, it only happens once" and I tell that to people who bring up wild "what ifs" in my business all the time. Brother, we've got bigger problems if that rough ridin' nonsense happens. but until then let's make some fuckin' money.

This isn't a world ender. On the 2% chance it lands, it probably hits the ocean and maybe causes a small tsunami.

why are we even talking about this little pebble that sucks then?

[Pete]

It would be the size of an old timey nuclear bomb explosion. Disastrous for a given city, but not for more than one city.

[Pete]

Besides, this rough ridin' thing is hitting the southern hemisphere.

[Pete]

It would be pretty cool if it landed like right in the middle of the Sahara desert.

[cfbandyman]

I think that should be the odds, is not only if it lands, but where. I'm sure Vegas will have props on it

[mocat]

Besides, this rough ridin' thing is hitting the southern hemisphere.

is chum's map wrong?

"Impact Risk Corridor"

[Dugout DickStone]

which reminds me of one of my favorite investing/business type quotes. art cashin famously said "never bet on the end of the world, it only happens once" and I tell that to people who bring up wild "what ifs" in my business all the time. Brother, we've got bigger problems if that rough ridin' nonsense happens. but until then let's make some fuckin' money.

This isn't a world ender. On the 2% chance it lands, it probably hits the ocean and maybe causes a small tsunami.

why are we even talking about this little pebble that sucks then?

so we can laugh at this pud space sand that's even trying to step to us?

[chum1]

Maybe the Impact Risk Corridor is everything above the red line and everything below the red line. There isn't a key.

[Pete]

It’s the red line, but I guess I overly attributed southernness to the red line. It’s still very southy, relative to the areas on my asteroid impact nervousness zone.

[BIG APPLE CAT]

i just assumed that red line kinda represented like the "runway" of where it would hit. like imagine a 50 or so mile wide corridor and this baby is gunna land somewhere in that corridor

[Rage Against the McKee]

The 1/42 chance to hit us would be a pretty nice nod to Douglas Adams if this thing were going to destroy us all, though.

[Rage Against the McKee]

3.1% now!

[chum1]

We're so mumped

[Rage Against the McKee]

Imagine this thing hitting a sporting event. All those people who say they're rooting for the asteroid are finally going to win!

[Phil Titola]

 

[Pete]

India’s space agency is going to rise to the occasion. Those guys are pretty good.

[CNS]

Imagine this thing hitting a sporting event. All those people who say they're rooting for the asteroid are finally going to win!

Bill was googling this at half last night.

[CNS]

India’s space agency is going to rise to the occasion. Those guys are pretty good.

This is the exact type of thing SpaceX, NASA, and any other space company receiving govt funds should be focusing on, imo. You want to help preserve humanity, learn to detect and resolve space rocks.  Also, we should quit rough ridin' up the planet.

It will be/would be infinitely easier than geo engineering an entire rough ridin' planet without an atmosphere.

The tech development to accomplish something like this would be amazingly useful.

[mocat]

we already successfully diverted an asteroid in 2022.

what are the chances this thing hits in the middle of the atlantic and doesn't harm anyone? i want that because i bet it would still be fn sick

[XocolateThundarr]

we already successfully diverted an asteroid in 2022.

what are the chances this thing hits in the middle of the atlantic and doesn't harm anyone? i want that because i bet it would still be fn sick