That meteor that splattered the ground in Russia earlier today is a wee bit
disconcerting. No warning just blam. Another asteroid (2012 DA14), is about
to pass pretty close to the earth this evening. What is worrying is that
this Olympic-swimming-pool-sized rock was only discovered to be in orbit
last year. A few years ago in 2008 another asteroid ploughed into the Sudan
and it was discovered just 20 hours before it hit
So I looked up a few things and found this gem of a comment from Doctor
Stephen Lowry.
"It is a mathematical certainty that one of these objects will hit at some
point in the future - asteroids have been hitting Earth throughout its
history, and we"re fairly sure major impacts have been responsible for one
major extinction, Mankind has always had this gun pointed at its head"
and he finishes off with the statement.
"But don't lose any sleep over it".
Priceless, we are all going to get splatted with no warning but hey, don't
worry.
