If you were to ask somebody who studies space and things that come from space for a living, what would happen if a large asteroid hit Earth, and his response was “pray” it probably wouldn’t be very comforting. When posed with the question, Thomas Zurbuchen, the Associate Administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington not only said that, he also said that it’s not exactly a what-if scenario, but it’s a matter of when.
But don’t fret! There’s good news.
While an asteroid impact on New York could be devastating, it would seem that an asteroid impact in Los Angeles would be less devastating. Thanks to a simulation, which took place in El Segundo, CA, on October 25 they were able to figure out exactly how long emergency rescuers would have to evacuate a city. The emergency planners based their scenario on an object they tracked through space with an impact probability of 65%. However, there was a period of four months where they couldn’t track the object, making their findings shaky at best.
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Yeah anytime from now to the next 100,000 years or longer haha
A NY collision? Thank you!
Best.response.ever.
Omg really?
Time will tell if there will be a hit…the rest is just speculations…
I hope the entire human race is wiped out so the Earth can return to its natural state again
Lawn chair* beer* shotgun* ….i’m ready
Space terrorists!!!
We won’t know until it is happening. Not all of space is being watched. There have already been close calls. And earth was hit once already. Not counting when Jupiter was hurling objects at earth and moon, but when the dinosaurs went extinct.
They already put a manless spacecraft on an asteroid. Halley’s Comet goes around the milkyway every 75 years. Haley’s comet is another one that went by in late 1900s. There are comets, asteroids, and wandering planets we have yet to see or collide with. Enjoy.