Apocolypse in 2029

[sammyduelist]

Well there was this article on the MSN homepage on how we may be faced with the end of the world on April 13, 2029.
Apparently there might be a humongous :WTF: asteroid that will come and end it all! :beard:
They might have to go and launch some special mission to divert the course of the asteroid before we are sent to our doom. :devil:
A project like that would cost billions and take at least 13 years it says. I found it interesting and wanted to share.

The article is here.
http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-documentid=1628365&GT1=8991

[SilverZeppelin]

nuclear missiles. nuff said.

[laxgoalieking]

too bad we lost bruce willis to the last asteroid that tryed to destroy earth....

[sammyduelist]

nuclear missiles. nuff said.
according to the article, our technology wouldnt really be able to handle that. The thing is just so massive.

[SilverZeppelin]

according to the article, our technology wouldnt really be able to handle that. The thing is just so massive.
the article said it was 800 ft. thats not that big.

[Lax r us]

I may have read this wrong, but it doesn't say that the world will end, it says a lot of destruction will occur.

Also couldn't we hit it with a few nukes to take out some of the punch it has?

Below are the stats about it.
a 25-million-ton, 820-ft.-wide asteroid called 99942 Apophis will slice across the orbit of the moon and barrel toward Earth at more than 28,000 mph. The huge pockmarked rock, two-thirds the size of Devils Tower in Wyoming, will pack the energy of 65,000 Hiroshima bombs -- enough to wipe out a small country or kick up an 800-ft. tsunami.

[THALAX]

the article said it was 800 ft. thats not that big.
I'd say 2.75 football fields is pretty big.

[sammyduelist]

I may have read this wrong, but it doesn't say that the world will end, it says a lot of destruction will occur.

True, but i am sure the world wont be so happy and fun after that hits.

[SilverZeppelin]

True, but i am sure the world wont be so happy and fun after that hits.
if it were to happen the world temp would drop by like 20 degrees

[Lax r us]

if it were to happen the world temp would drop by like 20 degrees

If global warming is true and its not just a cycle, lol wouldn't that actually help us because we'd be getting hotter and hotter up until then and then it takes us back 20 degrees?

[libertyvillelax]

If global warming is true and its not just a cycle, lol wouldn't that actually help us because we'd be getting hotter and hotter up until then and then it takes us back 20 degrees?
Were getting warmer by very small amounts. A 20 degrees drop would be catostrophic for the enviornment.

[SilverZeppelin]

Were getting warmer by very small amounts. A 20 degrees drop would be catostrophic for the enviornment.
exactly. vey bad things would happen.

[mikeman5]

Were getting warmer by very small amounts. A 20 degrees drop would be catostrophic for the enviornment.
Exactly, and twenty degrees is a huge number when you tlak about average temperature. To give you an idea of how big of a difference that would be, In the last ice age, the average temperature dropped only 7 degrees if I'm correct (I think it was seven, it was something small like that, I read it in a magazine) and this would be a 20! degree drop. That is huge.

[jedimasterPIMP]

Yeah man 2 words for you nuclear f'in weapons (for all you Dennis Leary fans out there). I mean do you realize the power a couple of good ol h bombs could do to that thing if we prepare?

But also at the same time I remember articles like this back when movies like Armageddon were being made so I really can't believe it 100%.

[EHSLAX12]

too bad we lost bruce willis to the last asteroid that tryed to destroy earth....

that was a great comment...

i just read about it, that would really suck if something did happen...there will definetely be some kind of intervention between the current day, and the day in 2029. they couldnt of mapped every coordinate of the asteroid precisely or the drift patterns of the earth and moon precisely by now...things can happen between then and now that can affect this.

[stinisonfire]

It's coming within 200,000 miles of the Earth, so who knows?

Also, who saw the Simpsons where Global Warming reduced that asteroid to a pebble?

[viking goalie]

too bad we lost bruce willis to the last asteroid that tryed to destroy earth....
it's okay, we've still got Tom Cruise and his witchcraft and hopefully baby Jesus

[slinkyspine]

Yeah man 2 words for you nuclear f'in weapons (for all you Dennis Leary fans out there). I mean do you realize the power a couple of good ol h bombs could do to that thing if we prepare?

But also at the same time I remember articles like this back when movies like Armageddon were being made so I really can't believe it 100%.
I love you.


Dennis Leary... YES!!!


Anyways, don't be worried in 2029 we will have thought of something to mess the bugger up

[Mavido]

So long as it hits a country that doesnt really matter, whats the point?

Like south dakota, or orange county.. or the andies... none of those countries are important eh?



What about this.. it hit the top of everast and made it the worlds lowest previously tallest peak!!

[marflax33]

What about this.. it hit the top of everast and made it the worlds lowest previously tallest peak!!

If it got hit by that, wouldn't it be a crater, not a Peak?

[Mavido]

If it got hit by that, wouldn't it be a crater, not a Peak?
I'M A GEOLOGIST!

^South Park Quote....

[Storm21]

i dont belive any of that. some show said that the world was going to end in 2012. I was kinda scared because im 15 and i want to do something with my life, not have it end before it gets started. i talked to people i know that are like super religious and she said that none of that stuff is true and not to pay any attention to it. so im beliving her when there is and astriod rocketing towards eath ill be like....well id proabalby freak haha but i dought that that is going to happen

[BClax17]

"What's everyone so worked up about? So there's a comet...big deal. It'll burn up in our atmosphere and what's ever left will be no bigger than a chihuahua's head."
- Homer Simpson

[CSlax06]

Maybe it will hit in Isreal...stop all the religious termoil for a few years...

[MainLax28]

There are a few things we could do. We could land on it, and use booster rockets to nudge it off course. Or we could attempt to use a nuclear bomb to blow it off course. Blowing it up would just make the situation worse. Or we could try and use a giant magnet to push it off course since most of the comet is made up of metals. BTW that article is from Popular Mechanics.

[NuKoN]

i dont belive any of that. some show said that the world was going to end in 2012. I was kinda scared because im 15 and i want to do something with my life, not have it end before it gets started. i talked to people i know that are like super religious and she said that none of that stuff is true and not to pay any attention to it. so im beliving her when there is and astriod rocketing towards eath ill be like....well id proabalby freak haha but i dought that that is going to happen


Perhaps the ignorant holy-roller wasn't the best to talk to..

[Bone]

I'm not really worried either. I mean there's only a chance it'll hit USA and even if it does I think I'll be over in England when it happens. But if it does hit and drops the temp then that wouldn't be really good at all. It would kill crops and would kill animals and even people because their food has diminished.

[washjeff]

we're dead...

[HCrum05]

I skimmed an article about this in a magazine one day in Books-a-Million while waiting for my gf. It seems that we have several options to get rid of the asteroid, so I'm not too worried about it. Oh and NuKoN, please refrain from the offensive comments.

[chsattack22]

too bad we lost bruce willis to the last asteroid that tryed to destroy earth....
:worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:
thats great...i think im the only one that got it.
:agree:

[RIT37FO]

eh ill be ready to go by then

[McJesus]

the odds of it hitting earth is 45,000 to 1 right now, and if it does hit we have 7 years to pinpoint where its going to hit and evacuate, im not too conerned.

[faceofflax15]

the article said it was 800 ft. thats not that big.
according to the article, our technology wouldnt really be able to handle that. The thing is just so massive.


Our technology would easily handle 800 feet.
Hiroshima had Miles destroyed by A-Bombs, the radiation and power from the bomb itself would destroy it easily.
Let alone, an H-bomb, which has the power 100 times that of a A bomb..

I'd say 2.75 football fields is pretty big.
It's not that big..


And if it does hit earth we could do two things

Divert it towards China/India solving world overpopulation.
Divert it towards San Fran..I'll leave my reasoning to your interpertation.
Divert it towards Iraq/Iran, there goes all of our problems, forever.


But the problem would be the 800ft tsunami it would cause.. New Orleans times a lot..


that was a great comment...

i just read about it, that would really suck if something did happen...there will definetely be some kind of intervention between the current day, and the day in 2029. they couldnt of mapped every coordinate of the asteroid precisely or the drift patterns of the earth and moon precisely by now...things can happen between then and now that can affect this.

Damn right, lets use at least two of those Hbombs that we have that could destroy the earth many times..Or we could trick Iraq/Iran into letting us use theres, proving that they have them. Bwahaha.

[Eclipse]

Bombs wont work. It would make it turn into 1000 peices and then we get slammed with a shower of asteroids. Awesome. It was proven many years ago we cant just blow up an asteroid. We have to divert it.

There are methods intact for this but..who knows. Its 22 years away.

[homeskillet313]

i decided to see what other articles described our impending doom by asteroids. enjoy :)

http://www.planetary.org/news/2002/0412_A_Close_Call_for_Earth_in_878_Years.html

and this one talks about what might happen.

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/asteroid_020907.html

believe it or not, i got more results searching for the one that could hit in 2880 then i did for the one in 20 years, so obviously the one in 20 years isn't that high on the priority list right now.

[faceofflax15]

Bombs wont work. It would make it turn into 1000 peices and then we get slammed with a shower of asteroids. Awesome. It was proven many years ago we cant just blow up an asteroid. We have to divert it.

There are methods intact for this but..who knows. Its 22 years away.
Okay, it bust it into 1,000 tiny tiny tiny pieces, the force of the blast will push it out of the way and divert the pieces away from the earth, and other gravitational pulls will be able to pick those pieces up.

[Irishlax22]

I say we all start Watching Armageddon so that when we get closer to the date :runaway: . We all know what to do. I wouldn't be to woried about it. Its still a while off.

[Eclipse]

Okay, it bust it into 1,000 tiny tiny tiny pieces, the force of the blast will push it out of the way and divert the pieces away from the earth, and other gravitational pulls will be able to pick those pieces up.

Well its also been proven though that we may not be able to blow an asteroid up. The material it is made out of is solid rock basically and hitting it with bombs might just take small chunks out of it.

If they take any approach it will be pushing off course and away from earth.

[faceofflax15]

Well its also been proven though that we may not be able to blow an asteroid up. The material it is made out of is solid rock basically and hitting it with bombs might just take small chunks out of it.

If they take any approach it will be pushing off course and away from earth.
Exactly, it will not only blow it up, it will divert it.

I honestly think if we used two-three H bombs and maybe throw in an A bomb for the heck of it, it'd easily be destroyed.

But if you actually have some info that it wouldn't blow up, I'd be pretty intrested to see it.

[lax21goalie2008]

this scares the poo outta me...thanks for adding to my already stressful life.

[AttackMan17]

So long as it hits a country that doesnt really matter, whats the point?

Like south dakota, or orange county.. or the andies... none of those countries are important eh?



What about this.. it hit the top of everast and made it the worlds lowest previously tallest peak!!

No, South Dakota and Orange County aren't that important...But they also aren't countries. :chuckle:

But...To me, the middle of nowhere (aka Siberia) would be the best place for a giant rock to collide with the earth.

[freestylewalkin]

True, but i am sure the world wont be so happy and fun after that hits.


Who knows it might hit in the Africa and Middle East area thats a bunch of problems solved there.







Im goona take some heat for that one :ahhno: .

[jkolar20]

yeah i dont feel like dieing in 2029 so they better get on that...im sure they will have technology by 2029 to blow that thing up though

[faceofflax15]

No, South Dakota and Orange County aren't that important...But they also aren't countries. :chuckle:

But...To me, the middle of nowhere (aka Siberia) would be the best place for a giant rock to collide with the earth.


South Dakotas way to close to my home land...North Dakota

And you may want to think that twice.


There might be something important in South Dakota..Maybe

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I included Bush because He will be there, as will my boy Reagan.


And If they let it hit, send it toward China.

[jkolar20]

i agree send that thing to china

[sammyduelist]

Not if the chinese find a way to stop it first =P
Chinese ftw

[faceofflax15]

Not if the chinese find a way to stop it first =P
Chinese ftw
There's no chance that will happen, the Jap's may though.

[GoBucks]

The world was supposed to end on 6/6/06. Didn't happen. It's supposed to happen in 2012. BS. It's supposed to end in 2880, and now 2029. Lemme guess, is April 13th, 2029 a friday? The world's not gonna end, humans are just gonna go bye-bye. Hopefully we have the technology to prevent that. It's no use worrying though, cuz some things you just can't avoid.

[NuKoN]

Oh and NuKoN, please refrain from the offensive comments.


Sorry, I'm not here to be everyones friend. If you want to be coddled, get off the internet.

god would not let this happen trust me

As much as I do trust you and respect your beliefs.. where the hell is your logic? This God..

God had no problem with allowing any of the world wars, any of the MANY other wars, any of the horrific genocides, terrible hatecrimes and unspeakable acts, any of the terrorist attacks (read: 9/11), no problems with any of that or any other wrong doings. Tell me why then, won't he let an asteroid hit our earth? What in the course of history has given you any reason to believe that "he" won't allow something to happen to us?

My thought on religion was this:
You don't pray for god to make a team or to get a good grade.
You pray to god for the strength and will to work hard in tryouts, and you pray for the determination to study hard.

That's how I view it, at least. I'm no religious nut, and I am tolerant of peoples beliefs.. but ignorance, I have very little tolerance for. I'm not being directly slanderous, I'm just providing insight.. if you don't like, refuse to accept, or even think about my point of view, then you are ignorant.
If you gave me some reason, past logistical or historical experiences perhaps, to make me respect your insight, then I would.

I'll make a connection for you. How many of you watch Futurama? Remember that episode when Bender became god of a planet of small people on him and helped individual people with individual problems? If god went around doing everyones little dirty work and helping them here and there.. what would the world be?

To paraphrase from Futurama, to be a good god, the people you watch over shouldn't even know you are there.



You've been great audience, and remember; I'm here till 2029.

[Hooligan]

Its true, there is an asteroid that is on course to hit the Earth in 2029. But scientists recognize the impending danger, and have been thinking of ideas to redirect the asteroid to keep it from the planet. Its still way too far away to do anything right now that would be effective.

As for the other "prophecies", anyone can claim to predict the future. But you can sell a lot of bunk when you put a date on the end of the world...at least until that date passes.

This is why I live in a cardboard box...

[the wister]

Hooli, where do and mavido you keep getting these star wars pics? They be hilarious.

And now, for a Team America quote:
"It's going to be 911 times 12,456"
"My God, that's, that's.....I don't even know what that is!!!!"
"...No one does......."

[Icey Defender]

How many times haev they said the world is going to end at this certain time?....did it ever happen....no..so all of is bull and i will never belive it and why start now

[CSlax06]

How many times haev they said the world is going to end at this certain time?....did it ever happen....no..so all of is bull and i will never belive it and why start now

Its all just fun and games till a giant rock kills us all...

[faceofflax15]

Its all just fun and games till a giant rock kills us all...
Or untill a giant Rock, Rocks us, for a little Pun fun.

[cali feeder]

i dont belive any of that. some show said that the world was going to end in 2012. I was kinda scared because im 15 and i want to do something with my life, not have it end before it gets started. i talked to people i know that are like super religious and she said that none of that stuff is true and not to pay any attention to it. so im beliving her when there is and astriod rocketing towards eath ill be like....well id proabalby freak haha but i dought that that is going to happen

Umm, asking a super religious person about a subject such as this is probably the LAST person you should have asked.

god would not let this happen trust me

Oh, what was that thing, called, oh yes...WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, SLAVERY, SEPTEMBER 11TH...must I go on? I, as Nukon said, am tolerant of all religions, but not tolerant to ignorance.

[roxgaeld51]

come on guys....If we listened to every "Astoroid will hit the earth" article out there, we would be dead 50 times already. Scientists have been predicting us to die forever. I'll believe it when it actually happens.

Till then, I will sit here in my secret underground bunker that is heavily stocked up for the end of the world.

[berger1227]

easton- why should we trust you about what god will or wont do?

nukon/cali

while i see what you are saying i am going to say that slavery, 9/11, and wars are all horrible but they dont literally end the world

im going to have faith that this asteroid...which if it affected our climate enough could actually do just that and end life...will not hit hard enough to create a life ending disturbance

i may be understanding you incorrectly and if so sorry

[the next 'one']

this is kinda weird. it Algebra II right before break we did a project exactly like this, dealing with quadratic and linear regression. there was an asteroid headed for earth and it was going to destroy earth unless we sent a missile at it. we had to find out the exact date and time to launch the missile according to the linear and quadratic regression models by finding out which one was the most accurate. obviously it was the quadratic one because a quadratic regression model follows a parabola and if this was true, which apparently it is, then the asteroid would speed up as it gets closer to earth due to the gravitational pull.

sorry for being so mathematical...haha.

[Longpole5435]

Its true, there is an asteroid that is on course to hit the Earth in 2029. But scientists recognize the impending danger, and have been thinking of ideas to redirect the asteroid to keep it from the planet. Its still way too far away to do anything right now that would be effective.

As for the other "prophecies", anyone can claim to predict the future. But you can sell a lot of bunk when you put a date on the end of the world...at least until that date passes.

This is why I live in a cardboard box...
It is not on course to hit the earth for sure, but to pass verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry close by, potentially impacting us. :beard:

[NuKoN]

easton- why should we trust you about what god will or wont do?

nukon/cali

while i see what you are saying i am going to say that slavery, 9/11, and wars are all horrible but they dont literally end the world

im going to have faith that this asteroid...which if it affected our climate enough could actually do just that and end life...will not hit hard enough to create a life ending disturbance

i may be understanding you incorrectly and if so sorry

We aren't saying that the world wars and other crimes are going to end the world, its more a matter of God seemingly standing idly by while it happens.

The argument here is, if "he" has no qualm with the killing of tens, hundreds of thousands of innocents in unspeakably inhumane ways, the containment of fellow man as a tool and other such things.. why would "he" care about an asteroid? "He's" done nothing direct to alter society as of yet, and I don't forsee it coming.

[HCrum05]

First of all, I can give you the one reason why those terrible things happen, but this isn't a religious thread, so I'm not going to get into it. To stay on topic, does anyone know how the asteroid would affect Earth's orbit if it only comes extremely close to us instead of hitting us?

[czechinthepipes]

well after i researched abit about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs and found out that it was 32,809 feet(10kilometers) accross. so never fear this asteroid wont destroy us. yes it would be bad enough to do serious damage because not much of an asteroid is burned up while being in our atmosphere whereas a commet is usually well burnt up. anyways nothing really to worrie about. what we ll prolly do is just send some rockets up to it and take it off its path near us by a lot farther.

[Bone]

Sorry, I'm not here to be everyones friend. If you want to be coddled, get off the internet.



As much as I do trust you and respect your beliefs.. where the hell is your logic? This God..

God had no problem with allowing any of the world wars, any of the MANY other wars, any of the horrific genocides, terrible hatecrimes and unspeakable acts, any of the terrorist attacks (read: 9/11), no problems with any of that or any other wrong doings. Tell me why then, won't he let an asteroid hit our earth? What in the course of history has given you any reason to believe that "he" won't allow something to happen to us?

My thought on religion was this:
You don't pray for god to make a team or to get a good grade.
You pray to god for the strength and will to work hard in tryouts, and you pray for the determination to study hard.

That's how I view it, at least. I'm no religious nut, and I am tolerant of peoples beliefs.. but ignorance, I have very little tolerance for. I'm not being directly slanderous, I'm just providing insight.. if you don't like, refuse to accept, or even think about my point of view, then you are ignorant.
If you gave me some reason, past logistical or historical experiences perhaps, to make me respect your insight, then I would.

I'll make a connection for you. How many of you watch Futurama? Remember that episode when Bender became god of a planet of small people on him and helped individual people with individual problems? If god went around doing everyones little dirty work and helping them here and there.. what would the world be?

To paraphrase from Futurama, to be a good god, the people you watch over shouldn't even know you are there.



You've been great audience, and remember; I'm here till 2029.

God isn't here to lead our lives for us. If he did do everything for us then we wouldn't exactly be free would we? He just watches over us. Thats my oppinion. And personaly, the way you act, I hope you aren't here till 2029.

[the wister]

Scientists have been predicting us to die forever. I'll believe it when it actually happens.
No you won't
well after i researched abit about the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs and found out that it was 32,809 feet(10kilometers) accross.
That a giant asteroid hit the earth and caused the death of the dinosaurs is speculation, and if dinosaurs were indeed killed by an asteroid, it is hard to explain how birds and crocodiles, as well as certain crustaceans managed to survive. Also, I wonder at how scientists could have measured a hypothetical asteroid that hit the earth millions of years ago.

[sammyduelist]

and also, where is the crater that it hit?

[HoyaSaxa]

I am pretty sure they figured out about the asteroid when they found a huge amount of some rare element normally found in space (iridium maybe) around italy and the dirt layer or whatever was from that time period.

[Eclipse]

Nobody knows whats going to happen..if it will hit or not...nobody here shares the same religous beleifs..and none of us work for NASA. It really doesnt matter.

Lets just stop arguing about this and hope it doesnt actually happen!

[NuKoN]

God isn't here to lead our lives for us. If he did do everything for us then we wouldn't exactly be free would we? He just watches over us. Thats my oppinion. And personaly, the way you act, I hope you aren't here till 2029.


Maybe you'll learn some reading comprehension before 2029, look again.


I'll make a connection for you. How many of you watch Futurama? Remember that episode when Bender became god of a planet of small people on him and helped individual people with individual problems? If god went around doing everyones little dirty work and helping them here and there.. what would the world be?

To paraphrase from Futurama, to be a good god, the people you watch over shouldn't even know you are there.



You've been great audience, and remember; I'm here till 2029.

I specifically pointed out that it is not gods job to do everything, or anything for us. I then went on to say that god just watches, and does not act.

So again, how will god "not let" an asteroid hit us?



P.S: If a little cynicism is enough for you to wish an early death on someone you don't know, then rock on brother man..

But since it shifted onto the topic of religions, I hope you aren't Hindu, cause your buildin' up some monster negative karma.

[cali feeder]

We aren't saying that the world wars and other crimes are going to end the world, its more a matter of God seemingly standing idly by while it happens.

The argument here is, if "he" has no qualm with the killing of tens, hundreds of thousands of innocents in unspeakably inhumane ways, the containment of fellow man as a tool and other such things.. why would "he" care about an asteroid? "He's" done nothing direct to alter society as of yet, and I don't forsee it coming.

Yes. That is exactly what I was trying to say.

[goalieskcickay]

Don't ya'll think it's pointless to try and argue religion? Nobody's going to really change their views based on an argument made by an anonymous poster on an internet forum...

That being said, I'm an atheist and agree with you. :grin:

[paul8]

yeah seriously, you guys dont need to turn it into a battle of religeous views.

if this does go down in 2029 then ill just stick a lawn chair on my roof , take a seat, grab a beer and watch the fireworks

[Bone]

Maybe you'll learn some reading comprehension before 2029, look again.



I specifically pointed out that it is not gods job to do everything, or anything for us. I then went on to say that god just watches, and does not act.

So again, how will god "not let" an asteroid hit us?



P.S: If a little cynicism is enough for you to wish an early death on someone you don't know, then rock on brother man..

But since it shifted onto the topic of religions, I hope you aren't Hindu, cause your buildin' up some monster negative karma.

Touche. And no I'm not Hindu.

[roycegracie47]

I'm not worried. For one, 2029 is a ways off. For two, Captain Kirk has violated the Temporal Prime Directive more times than I can count on both hands and toes, I have faith that asteroid has a proton torpedo with its name on it.

[lacrosse19]

if this happens, i will finally have a chance with keira knightley so DONT SCREW IT UP!

[Jephman]

I was going to post the Team America 9/11 comment, but got beat to it. I think this is a good opportunity for Ben Affleck to step up to the plate for this one aswell.

Lie Royce Gracie said, 2029 is way off. Something could happen between now and then. I'm kind of stuck on what we should do. There is a very slim chance this could happen, althought it is a chance... but what if nuke it and screw it up? What if we nock it so it has a better chance of hitting the Earth? I say wait until 2020-ish to really make a solid plan.

Also, I thougt they found that the ground dips in Mexico/Venezuela. I'm not talking about a small crater, it is very suptle but it is massive in size, if I remeber correctly, which could have wiped out the dinosaurs.

I say we form a pact and do what everyone does... BLAME GEORGE BUSH!!! (10)

[Falconsmikevick]

I remember reading about this a couple years ago. The Mayans predicted the world was going to end in 2012(the mayans predictions have never been wrong), and astronomers were saying that this same meteor was going to hit in 2012. The date has already changed by 17 years! We can barely predict a weekly forecast by the atmosphere, how can we predict the location of the Earth and the path of the meteor in 2029? We can predict the location of the Earth, but we have a very small idea of where the meteor is going to be in 2029. The path of the meteor can change and it could slow down or speed up. I don't believe that anyone can decide that now.

[HoyaSaxa]

uh it is in space.... i doubt it will slow down or speed up

[LaxDman62]

They probably dont publicize this too much because it will cause people to go crazy. But they should be worrying about any impending danger the earth is likely to face. People will be able to seurvive if we resarch this more. They could create a giant bunker or building to hold people whne the blast wave hits. It will most likely cause an ice age cbecause of the dercrease in tempertaure.

[czechinthepipes]

That a giant asteroid hit the earth and caused the death of the dinosaurs is speculation, and if dinosaurs were indeed killed by an asteroid, it is hard to explain how birds and crocodiles, as well as certain crustaceans managed to survive. Also, I wonder at how scientists could have measured a hypothetical asteroid that hit the earth millions of years ago.
ya your totally right about it being speculation, i didnt feel like adding that. i agree that it is very odd on how some things lived and others died.

and also, where is the crater that it hit?
the crater where they are getting all the info about the dinosaurs is off the coast of mexico (not exactly sure where). and they are just guessing that this is the crater (caused by that size of an asteroid) that suppossedly killed the dinosaurs.

[SilverZeppelin]

the crater where they are getting all the info about the dinosaurs is off the coast of mexico (not exactly sure where). and they are just guessing that this is the crater (caused by that size of an asteroid) that suppossedly killed the dinosaurs.
yucatan peninsula

[ShockerAutc]

I'm not concerned about this at all. The chances are it wont hit us and 45,000 it would hit us in 2036 or w/e. Nothing to do about it anyways, so no worries. Not even sure If I believe that article yet since people are always predicting when earth will end and they are wrong 100% of the time.

[HoyaSaxa]

It isn't odd how some species lived, they lived because they are different than the other ones and able to survive in such a climate. The scavengers for one had a nice time with tons of the huge dinosaurs dead.

[LymanLax28]

True, but i am sure the world wont be so happy and fun after that hits.
Yeah, because the world is so fun and happy now...

[jrmelax16]

Yeah, I'm not really believing this. How can they pinpoint the exact time and place that this asteroid is going to be seen almost 20 years from now? IMO this is just like a Y2K scare, except for it has a huge 1 in 45,000 chance of even happening, if it really even exists.

[Meade Lacrosse]

If its gonna take 13 years, let's get started now.

[petejobu22]

yeah seriously, you guys dont need to turn it into a battle of religeous views.

if this does go down in 2029 then ill just stick a lawn chair on my roof , take a seat, grab a beer and watch the fireworks

If it happens I'll look you up and join you...

In all reality, there isn't much we can do about it now. There are way to many variables. For all we know WWIII might happen before then, and me might blow each other all to hell years before the "planet killer" comes to earth.

[laerdude04]

scientists are 99.7 percent certain it will pass at a distance of 18,800 to 20,800 miles
I'm not that worried.

[Jephman]

After typing in "Yucatan Penninsula Asteroid" to find more info on the subject, I stumbled upon this website: April 13, 2029 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/CloseApp.html)

Scroll down to "2029 Apr. 13.91"

Well well well, Apophis, I'll be darned...

I don't really believe it will strike the Earth, but it appears real, not a hoax as it may have seemed.

[Laxgoalie4282]

i know this thread is kinda old, but i was watching a show that was saying the world was gonna end on december 21, 2012. there was lots of evidence, such as the mayan calander. it could predict solar and lunar eclipses thousands of years before they happened, and it was never wrong. all of it was perfectly accurate. it didnt necessarily predict the end of the world on december 21 2012, but the calander just stops. that could mean the end of the world, or some drastic change on earth will take place. or it could mean nothing. some of the other proof includes prophets from anciet greece, who predicted leaders and conquerers hundreds of years before they were born, and they even predicted the names of some of the people such as i think hannibal at least a hundred years before he was born. there was a ton of evidence showing that the world is gonna end on december 21, 2012, and im not sure if i believe it, but it scares me to think if it happnes, i will only be a freshman in college.

[LaxDman62]

Ive seen that December 12th thing too. I doubt much will happen. The Mayans probably though their civilization will not survive that long.

[OldGoalie]

The asteroid is no longer considered a danger:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

[NJPrideLax]

its could be worse, at least my lax career should be ending just around then

[LaxDuex]

Well it would definitley suck if i died around the age of 30... But I hope that is wont happen and that they will use that machine that will make it slightly go off course.

[msweetney50]

2029 is the year the world ends in Terminator

[roycegracie47]

2029 is the year the world ends in Terminator
Judgment Day was s'posed to be August 29, 1997. 2029 was when John Conner and his ragtag rebels finally destroyed Skynet and started sending bodyguards back in time to stop Skynet's Terminators from killing Connor.

[lax21goalie2008]

No you won't

That a giant asteroid hit the earth and caused the death of the dinosaurs is speculation, and if dinosaurs were indeed killed by an asteroid, it is hard to explain how birds and crocodiles, as well as certain crustaceans managed to survive. Also, I wonder at how scientists could have measured a hypothetical asteroid that hit the earth millions of years ago.

The asteroid that hit the earth was one of the many things that caused the extinction of dinosaurs.

[smalbikpro]

It's coming within 200,000 miles of the Earth, so who knows?

Also, who saw the Simpsons where Global Warming reduced that asteroid to a pebble?

ha i loved that one! the whole town crammed into ned's bomb shelter and kicked homer out then asteroid turned out to be nothing.

[MACDADDY]

the only good thing i can see coming out of this is if and thats a big IF, there were come people left over, no more fighting for space.

now that isnt exactly positive because most of us will die but im just trying to look on a bright side, even if it is extremely little.

my forensics teacher showed us a video of a senario that shows the asteroid hitting, and when it does, everyone/everything is supposidly going to vaporize instantly. scientists predict it will land in the pacific, and that when it does, it will kick up tons of molten rock that will engulf the world in fire. the first country that is going to go is japan, then china, then everest will melt down. the last place that it will hit is supposidly the amazon because it is the farthest point from impact.
they are also saying that instead of blowing the asteroid up, it would be more effective to change the course of the asteroid by a few degrees, because even a few degrees off can mean hundreds of thousonds of miles in space.

[marflax33]

it didnt necessarily predict the end of the world on december 21 2012, but the calander just stops.

They ran out of ink.


And I really don't care. We're all gonna die, oh well. What do you all have to life for anyways?

[ML_LAX09]

Wow, did you guys not read OldGoalie's post? Read it, it'll sooth you guys...

[optimus_prime]

the mayans predicted that the apocalypse would come december 26, 2012, and mayans do not lie.

[laxgod1790]

.......oh god......not the Apocolypse.....again

[spyopticgoggles]

the mayans predicted that the apocalypse would come december 26, 2012, and mayans do not lie.
many other cultures predicted that date too, cultures that didnt even know the new world existed. a few scientists believe that that will be the end of the world (i saw it on the history channel)

[bellies_lax_17]

I saw a show about this, I dunno if it was mentioned, but the reason they can't just Nuke it, is because all the fragments might still be on course to collide with Earth which might be even more hazardous for some reason.

[Vox]

Well, if it happens, a new extreme ice age will occur, and all people shall perish. Food prices would go up up up up up up and people who do survive everything and had stocked up lots of food would be rich... like.. really rich, unless his food got stolen or something. AAAAnyways, I guess that mankind will somehow find a way to survive or get through it, maybe even create a new dominant species on earth... If our power sources go out, we can get all the cats in the world and put them all on their feet, and paste them with butter to one giant piece of toasted bread on their back. Since cats always land on their feet, and toast never falls on the buttered side, the creation will float and we can harness the energy coming from that, and thus we'll have a power source :D (I'm sorry, maybe this isn't original :'( )

[kleinlax-75]

If global warming is true and its not just a cycle, lol wouldn't that actually help us because we'd be getting hotter and hotter up until then and then it takes us back 20 degrees?exactly what i was gonna say thank you

[kleinlax-75]

The asteroid is no longer considered a danger:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophisim liking the 1 in 45,000 chance we've got here

[kleinlax-75]

Sorry, I'm not here to be everyones friend. If you want to be coddled, get off the internet.



As much as I do trust you and respect your beliefs.. where the hell is your logic? This God..

God had no problem with allowing any of the world wars, any of the MANY other wars, any of the horrific genocides, terrible hatecrimes and unspeakable acts, any of the terrorist attacks (read: 9/11), no problems with any of that or any other wrong doings. Tell me why then, won't he let an asteroid hit our earth? What in the course of history has given you any reason to believe that "he" won't allow something to happen to us?

My thought on religion was this:
You don't pray for god to make a team or to get a good grade.
You pray to god for the strength and will to work hard in tryouts, and you pray for the determination to study hard.

That's how I view it, at least. I'm no religious nut, and I am tolerant of peoples beliefs.. but ignorance, I have very little tolerance for. I'm not being directly slanderous, I'm just providing insight.. if you don't like, refuse to accept, or even think about my point of view, then you are ignorant.
If you gave me some reason, past logistical or historical experiences perhaps, to make me respect your insight, then I would.

I'll make a connection for you. How many of you watch Futurama? Remember that episode when Bender became god of a planet of small people on him and helped individual people with individual problems? If god went around doing everyones little dirty work and helping them here and there.. what would the world be?

To paraphrase from Futurama, to be a good god, the people you watch over shouldn't even know you are there.



You've been great audience, and remember; I'm here till 2029.
wow i totally agree and understand fully what you are saying here

[marflax33]

Mainly to learn how to spell and wow you must be emo

No, I'm just exposing you all to the harsh reality of life. There isn't a whole lot to look forward to during it...

And i looked into it, And although the Asteroid isn't going to hit us as of now, Its going to come really freakin' close. Should be cool to watch, providing it doesn't plow into Japan or something.

[ByrdDpole]

There is no possible way it could hit the earth in 2029. No way at all. However, it will pass over earth on Friday, April 13, 2029 (what a coincidence huh?). What scientists are worried about is that it will pass through a tiny little gravitational hole, that it can barely fit through, that well ricochet it back around to come back and own us 7 years later. But the chances of that happening are so low that I'd give up any religion I had, because, well, that is probably one of the most unlikely thing to ever happen. Plus, if God allowed that to happen, he must want us gone anyway.

[livin4lax09]

if we blow it up into tons of little pieces then we wont get hit with a meteor shower. A lot of meteorites come close to the earth every day and just burn up in the atmosphere. The trick is getting it into the smallest pieces we can.

[canesfan38]

If anyone watched THE UNIVERSE last night at 8 on the History Channel they spent about twenty min. talking about it and said that even though it has over a 99% chance of not hitting earth, that it will be so close that it will be closer to earth than most of our orbital sattelites, which is pretty close.

[MDlaxin69]

our problem is... in 2029, Bruce Willis will be like 100 years old or something, and will be out of the "astroid blowing up buisness"

[kgncoughlin]

i think that we shouldnt be worried about these asteroids or anything, what we should be worried about is global warming seeing as it is going to send us into another iceage as soon as all of the fresh water thats in canada gets released into the ocean because of the melting ice we will be screwed and sent into an ice age that will kill us all and by the way we should be figuring out how to get to Jupiters moon Europa to see if it is frozen water or not that is our best chance at survival unless we stop global warming

[goalie33fan]

I thpught the world will end in 2012 according to the mians indians or something like that. Its supposed to happen December 24, 2012 I think. It could be the 23rd.

[CSlax06]

Yeah Im with the Mayans on this one. I remember reading an article that confirmed the possibility that the world could end on the Mayan day.

[centlax21]

ok for the record it is december 21st 2012, i dont really care and the world is not just going to end what is going to happen on that date is our solar system i believe is going to move hemispheres in the milky way galaxy as we rotate around it so what the problem is is that the poles could reverse and that would cause the plates to move around and such to correct themselves which will cause huge earthquakes and stuff because the plates will be moving so fast. Party hard because its all over in 5 years...

[BigKLaxer]

ok for the record it is december 21st 2012, i dont really care and the world is not just going to end what is going to happen on that date is our solar system i believe is going to move hemispheres in the milky way galaxy as we rotate around it so what the problem is is that the poles could reverse and that would cause the plates to move around and such to correct themselves which will cause huge earthquakes and stuff because the plates will be moving so fast. Party hard because its all over in 5 years...
You're close. Every couple million to hundreds of millions of years, the earth poles switch magnetisms. The last time that this happened was several million years ago, and scientists believe that the earth is long overdue for another switch. The sun also switches polarities, but does so in a much more predictable manner. It changes polarities every 11 years and I believe that the next switch in polarities will take place in 2012 just like the mayans predicted. Now, the sun and earth are at their most stable (the north pole on the earth has an opposite attraction than that of the sun's north pole and the same with the south pole) and if both sun and earth switch polarities at relatively the same time, and it occurs fast enough, than it will cause massive worldewide earthquakes. (maybe even an entire world world earthquake just like the bible predicted :naughty: ) So everyone kiss your butts (and compasses) goodbye!

On a side note, I had this same discussion last year in the 6/6/06 thread and there was a lot more scientific evidence about the end of the world and stuff, but I think that the mods deleted it.

[livin4lax09]

our problem is... in 2029, Bruce Willis will be like 100 years old or something, and will be out of the "astroid blowing up buisness"

oh no...he should probably train someone else with his knowledge then. Besides, at age 100 he will be too busy filming Die Hard:Shoot Anything That Moves.

[Wavelax4]

i dont belive any of that. some show said that the world was going to end in 2012. I was kinda scared because im 15 and i want to do something with my life, not have it end before it gets started. i talked to people i know that are like super religious and she said that none of that stuff is true and not to pay any attention to it. so im beliving her when there is and astriod rocketing towards eath ill be like....well id proabalby freak haha but i dought that that is going to happen

2012 is what the Mayan predicted, and considering they were like barely off on the calendar when they didn't have electronics, I wouldn't throw that possiblity away either. Don't worry I'm not like happy about this, i am scared too.

[bcannons14]

Figures that the Mayans would say that the world would end on December 26th...

Everybody has that time of the year as their holiday/date of importance. Want to know why christmas is on december 25th? Not because its the birthdate of Jesus, they had no clue when he was born when they made that date. They made christmas december 25th because it was the same time all the pagan holidays would happen so it would make it easier to celebrate.

I also have a feeling 2012 just has something to do with their calender. Bottom line is they just picked a random date of importance based on their culture and system. Its just like how people said the world would end on 6/6/06. Whats special about that day? Nothing. Just the fact that 666 is the mark of the beast in the bible and according to the calender we use and the way our society writes the date you can come up with the number in the date.

Yeah, Im not too worried.

Besides, these stupid Mayans had no idea we are the US of freaking A and can send up ragtag teams of pseudoastronauts led by Bruce Willis to save the world by blowing stuff up. Id have to say that if the fate of the world depends on America blowing up a rock, Id say I will sleep pretty well at night. Thats just what we do here.


well spoken. that sums up this whole thing, and the usa. :thumbsup:

[dalaxmandef3]

:worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:
thats great...i think im the only one that got it.
:agree:

your not alone armageddon was good movie

[dalaxmandef3]

ha i loved that one! the whole town crammed into ned's bomb shelter and kicked homer out then asteroid turned out to be nothing.

Bart and lisa:Dad was right

Homer:i'm scared too kids

[dalaxmandef3]

Maybe it will hit in Isreal...stop all the religious termoil for a few years...

or a few minutes...

this is our 800 yard rock
no this is ours
die!!!!!!!

[ByrdDpole]

if we blow it up into tons of little pieces then we wont get hit with a meteor shower. A lot of meteorites come close to the earth every day and just burn up in the atmosphere. The trick is getting it into the smallest pieces we can.

The problem witht that is, unless we blow it up in the right place, we're just blowing it up into smaller pieces that still won't burn up.

Its funny this thread was made, I watched a History Channel show about it the other day.

[LaxDman62]

Yea i think the magentic thing might be it. I learned of this in school and it looks like it would cause a ton of problems.

[jesuitlax]

I'm not going to complain about my death if it comes from a gigantic meteor......