Blind Side

The human race has a large one.

Although no one noticed at the time, the Earth was almost hit by an asteroid last Friday.

The previously undiscovered asteroid came within 8,700miles of Earth but astronomers noticed it only 15 hours before it made its closest approach.
Its orbit brought it 30 times nearer than the Moon, which is 250,000 miles away.

Luckily for us, it was smaller than a RV. But still.

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5 Responses to Blind Side

  1. Mollbot says:

    Skywatch fail!

    Maybe we should spend less money on stupid feel-good crap and get them a budget somewhere above that of a community college English department.

    Cause the Rock is coming. Eventually.

  2. Sualco says:

    This one was rather small only several feet across, not a planet ender but it would have made a bang.

  3. Mollbot says:

    Oh I know this one was small. But somewhere out there is a rather larger one with our name on it, and I’d prefer as much warning as we can get. Because Bruce Willis won’t be here to save us in real life.

  4. Mollbot says:

    Not even Steve Buscemi, as amusing as he is.

  5. Korum says:

    I am not worried…I know Viggo Mortenson and we can always join him on the road, or Denzel Washington with the Book of Eli…

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