http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/15/world/...html?sr=fbmain

• As many as 725 people have sought medical help, state news agency reports
  
• Meteor strike and Friday's asteroid flyby are unrelated, a NASA spokesman says
  
• A meteoroid entered the atmosphere and shattered into fragments, scientists say
  
• A bright white flash appeared in the sky for a few seconds, followed by a heavy bang
  

Funny how scientists are able to track all of these asteroids and can tell if they will enter our atmosphere, but there was no word at all about this meteor.

 

That's absolutely wild. I can't believe they would say it was unrelated though. Sounds like a fragment to me.

 

well maybe they new about it and didn't say sh*t as to not have a massive panic

 

It's unrelated because it was traveling the opposite direction in space.



Pretty wild though! I'll admit, I was looking out the window hoping for some fireworks today.

 

That is because they are poorly funded for what they do. They have to scan the entire sky looking for little bitty things or the absence of light in an area, then do some math to see if it will hit us. They openly admit a world destroyer could be coming up from behind something else and they have no idea it is there and or if its coming.

 

if we would have no idea it's coming, then they're OVER funded and we should all just carry on until BAM!

 

That is a great plan when they have a few viable solutions if we learn about it in time. Just tell them to stop looking.

 

Viable solutions, right. And 9/11 was an inside job. If you think there is any way to get a meteor deflected in a day or a month, you're mad. In a few years we might have a way, and then it will get tied up in red tape if it is ever needed. Personally, I know I have zero chance of affecting it either way and generally don't see the need to bother myself.



For those who missed it: My response was intended to be sarcasm, but I see V. still hasn't put a [sarcasm] function to let everybody know we're not 100% serious when making a posting.

 

When did I say a day and I even agree a single month wouldn't be enough time. You say it was sarcasm then back up your statement with another to confirm you think we shouldn't waste time tracking any of them, mk. You have also made it pretty clear you are against gov spending with other posts. In no way saying your wrong for feeling that way, I just don't agree with you on this one. They can do that crazy math thing and predict if those rocks will ever be in our path as we spin around the sun. Sort of like they knew where that last one was going well before it even got close. We have enough nukes to kill every living thing on the planet, id be ok with them at least trying to use some of that arsenal on a rock. Better than doing nothing. The gravity tractor idea is pretty interesting IMO and not exactly hard, we would just need alot of lead in time to even try it... alot.





Also we do have things to let others know your not serious, :biggrin: you just used one of them.

 

In this case finding the majority of the extinction level sized asteroids which cross paths with us is a pretty worthwhile expenditure. The one that hit Russia, they aren't worth worrying about for the most part. They're mostly exciting.