We almost got hit by an asteroid last week.

[Trey3216 15452]

39 minutes ago, Okie State said:

I thought everyone on here was an expert.

[HouTex 1939]

One satelite watching all of space ?

"... begging your pardon, sir, but it's a big ass sky."

[UTGrad98 2334]

 

How close does it have to be for this to happen ?

[Underdog 29180]

Had asteroids once, couldn't sit for a week. 

[Blotto 24017]

3 hours ago, Red Five said:

I’m an expert. I have seen Armageddon many, many times. What would you like to know?

Why the fuck would you watch that movie more than once?

[Rudiger 1181]

4 hours ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

One satelite watching all of space ?

Duh, it would have antennas on both sides so it could see in either direction.

[Rudiger 1181]

3 hours ago, Newdoc said:

But would you eat the moon if it was made out of spare ribs? 

Don't jerk me around Norm, it's a simple question.

[High Plains Drifter 11187]

4 hours ago, SquishMitten said:

 

Are you an expert? Because these are the types of answers I’m curious about. If we had a satellite in deep space that detected an asteroid, could it a) relay the info to us quick enough, b) could we do maths well enough to determine where it would hit, and c) have enough time left to evacuate a city.

 

 

b) and c) should be blow it up or push it sideways so it will miss.

[Underdog 29180]

41 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Why the fuck would you watch that movie more than once?

He keeps thinking it's Space Cowboys. 

[XYZ 2154]

21 minutes ago, Thujone said:

AN ocean hit is actually very bad. If enough water vapor is pushed into the atmosphere, you end up with 4-5 years of global cooling, which kills most of the crops and then about 50 years of slow global temperature rise until the oceans boil. Basically turns the planet into Venus. 

OK, Debbie Downer.

[Parliament 14595]

2 hours ago, Thujone said:

AN ocean hit is actually very bad. If enough water vapor is pushed into the atmosphere, you end up with 4-5 years of global cooling, which kills most of the crops and then about 50 years of slow global temperature rise until the oceans boil. Basically turns the planet into Venus. 

Why the temperature rise?

[Radical Larry 28820]

18 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Why the temperature rise?

Do you even greenhouse effect, bro?

[miguelito 11505]

I fart a lot, is that the same thing?

'Cause I'm talking a lot.

[Junior Miller 1502]

4 hours ago, Thujone said:

AN ocean hit is actually very bad. If enough water vapor is pushed into the atmosphere, you end up with 4-5 years of global cooling, which kills most of the crops and then about 50 years of slow global temperature rise until the oceans boil. Basically turns the planet into Venus. 

It would have to be a lot bigger than that one to do anything close to that level of effect. It would need to be "dinosaurs" level bad or damn close to it. 

[Parliament 14595]

9 hours ago, Radical Larry said:

Do you even greenhouse effect, bro?

All the water vapor?

[Dewey 3330]

5 minutes ago, Thujone said:

Probably. But I'd rather we don't get hit at all. Where are our space lasers?

Somewhere in New Mexico

[Teamdirtyleg 1139]

On 8/1/2019 at 7:17 PM, Thujone said:

AN ocean hit is actually very bad. If enough water vapor is pushed into the atmosphere, you end up with 4-5 years of global cooling, which kills most of the crops and then about 50 years of slow global temperature rise until the oceans boil. Basically turns the planet into Venus. 

This would have happened already then.  

[Teamdirtyleg 1139]

On 8/2/2019 at 7:47 AM, Parliament said:

All the water vapor?

Water vapor already represents 80-90% of the atmospheric greenhouse gas.  GHGs have a diminishing effect as you continue loading them into the atmosphere.  Water vapor also has a very short residence time as an atmospheric gas.  It shouldn’t cause a positive feedback.   I’d be more worried about tsunamis